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Global dividends to fall 15%: Janus Henderson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... dividends, Janus Henderson said it screened companies representing over three quarters of global payouts by value. "North America and Asia are likely to see the least impact, but for different reasons," Janus Henderson said. "The former has a favourable ...

Revenues lift 30% at Xero

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... by 26% during the year, while subscribers in the UK grew by 32%. Subscribers of the software in New Zealand and North America also grew during the year, lifting 12% and 24% respectively. "Xero has focused on maintaining the quality and continuity of ...

HESTA announces three GM appointments

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... manager - brand and acquisition. Cameron most recently worked with Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Merrill Lynch in North America, in client and market-facing risk management roles. He will work with HESTA's risk and compliance team (with oversight ...

Colonial First State closes global fund

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... most significantly," Acadian said. "At the regional level, Japan was the strongest contributor to returns whereas North America brought the most significant negative payoffs. "Within North America, the representative portfolio saw the greatest underperformance ...

COVID-19 to lead to deglobalisation: Amundi

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... "After the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak in China and East Asia, and the second wave in Western Europe and North America, a third wave now looks to be building in several EM and frontier countries," it said. "EM and frontier countries may be able ...

Pension fund acquires Plenary Group business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
Plenary Asia Pacific is set to offload its North American operations to a $390 billion pension fund. Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec (CDPQ) will acquire Plenary Americas' in addition to the controlling stake already held through its PPP portfolio. ...

Thematic investing grows threefold

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... year 2000," Morningstar said. "Despite growing tenfold in size, the market share of thematic funds domiciled in North America decreased from 28% to 16% over the same period. "While all regions have experienced net inflows over the trailing five years ...

QIC names new head of global private capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
QIC is bringing home an executive from its US business to replace Marcus Simpson, who recently retired as the head of global private capital. Stephen Whatmore is moving into the role after leading the North American team and setting up the QIC global ...

Profits down as Perpetual looks to future

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
Perpetual posted a smaller profit in the first half of the financial year,impacted by net outflows and forcing a greater focus on "strategic growth initiatives". The wealth manager recorded a $51.6 million net profit after tax in the first half, a result ...

Analyst views on ESG swing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... towards ESG in the US remains strong despite a rolling back of environmental regulations at a federal level. In North America, 58% of analysts said ESG was on the rise in 2018, that number dropped slightly to 57% in 2019 but has since shot up to 91%. ...