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Pinnacle partners with former Blue Sky executives

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
Pinnacle Investment Management has taken a stake in a new boutique set up by former Blue Sky executives, after it withdrew its bid to take over management of the Blue Sky Alternatives Access Fund last year. Pinnacle has partnered with Brisbane-based ...

Boutique fund manager appoints chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
An $11 billion fixed income boutique has appointed a chief executive, as it builds its team. The board of Ardea Investment Management has selected co-founder Stephen Clout as the firm's chief executive. Clout previously headed the portfolio implementation ...

JPMorgan portfolio manager leaves

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
A portfolio manager at a $460 million JPMorgan strategy has left, sparking a review of the strategy at Morningstar. The JPMorgan Global Macro Opportunities Fund has been managed by James Elliot and Shrenick Shah since they co-created the strategy in ...

Chief economist update: China stitches it in time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
If you want a poster boy to that old saying that, "a stitch in time saves nine" China is it. Latest data show that China's manufacturing sector is back in expansion. The official National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) China manufacturing PMI increased ...

Natixis bets on thematic investing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
Natixis Investment Managers is set to add a new affiliate that will run thematic strategies including artificial intelligence, robotics, water and safety. Thematics Asset Management will start operating under the Natixis IM banner in the second quarter ...

Rest appoints two group executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
Superannuation fund Rest has appointed two group executives to join newly created units. Tyrone O'Neill is the new group executive of member engagement, while Brendan Daly will join the fund as group executive of product and operations. Member engagement ...

Morgans Financial licence conditions lifted

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
A full-service stockbroking and wealth management firm with over 60,000 active clients has had additional licence conditions lifted. Morgans Financial had the conditions imposed in November 2016. ASIC has now removed the conditions as at March 19. The ...

Chief economist update: RBA repeats history

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019
... creation in the coming months. History repeats? Just as today, the RBA has kept interest rates unchanged at 4.75% for 12 months (Nov 2010- Oct 2011) - that time the longest stretch since the GFC - as the unemployment remained at around 5% (give or take ...

Former Financial Wisdom adviser banned

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
ASIC permanently banned a former Financial Wisdom financial adviser from working in financial services. Anneliese Ada Willmott was an authorised representative of CBA subsidiary Financial Wisdom from 12 November 2015 until 10 August 2017. Financial ...

UBS fined $51m for reporting breaches

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
Swiss bank UBS AG has been slapped with a £27.6 million ($51.1m) fine for breaching reporting rules stretching nearly a decade. UK regulator the Financial Conduct Authority found UBS did not provide complete and accurate information relating to about ...