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AMP divests life business

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
AMP will exit life insurance in 2019, following a $3.3 billion sale of its wealth protection business. It will also divest its New Zealand wealth management and advice businesses via an IPO. The completion of an AMP portfolio review led to the divestments. ...

Pension funds feel the heat on climate change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... Pension Insurance Company; Norway's Government Pension Fund Global; and the Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraites of France also ranked in the top 10. The leading US fund was the New York State Common Retirement Fund which received a AA-rating and ...

AMP names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
AMP has named its new chief executive, ending months of speculation. Francesco De Ferrari will take the helm from 1 December 2018. He was most recently chief executive, South East Asia and Frontier Markets at Credit Suisse, as well as head of private ...

Chief economist update: Emerging markets feel the heat as Turkey burns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
Emerging markets continue to feel the heat from Turkey's roasting and so do several European countries. The European Central Bank (ECB) can only count its blessings that Turkey is not Greece. It has applied, but Turkey is not (yet) a member of the ...

Chief economist update: Turkey's roasted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... ignore the developing crisis in Turkey were it not for the problem of contagion. News reports reveal that some banks in France, Italy and Spain have debt exposure to Turkey. The deeper the Turkish lira dives, the less it's able to repay these debts. ...

Aussie funds can benefit from FTA with EU: FSC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
... home to some of the largest and most sophisticated funds management markets in the world including Luxembourg, Ireland, France and Germany but so far Australian investment managers have limited ability to expand into the region. Currently only 3.6% of ...

Aussie asset manager dives into Spanish water market

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... We look forward to contributing our expertise in the water sector to further the development of its services in Spain, France and internationally," Michel-Verdier said. IFM Investors global head of infrastructure Kyle Mangini said FCC Aqualia is a complement ...

Acadian appoints investments head from SSGA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
... senior portfolio manager for the emerging market equities team. Before that, he was a risk manager at Credit Commercial de France, now HSBC France. In his new role, de Beaulieu will lead Acadian's Australian investment team and manage a suite of long-only ...

Latest investment scam targets Jersey residents

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... professional advice before making any investment and never be afraid to ask questions." Jersey is situated between the UK and France and is the biggest of the Channel Islands. The population of Jersey was estimated in 2016 to be about 104,200.

UBS tops Australasian adviser tables for mergers and acquisitions

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... US$24.6bn ($31.4bn) acquisition of Australia-based retail property group Westfield Corporation by Unibail-Rodamco, the France-based commercial property operator. The second largest Australian-targeted deal included the US$9.87bn ($12.5bn) acquisition ...