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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 ...

PPS Mutual creates state manager role

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... professional members who share in the profits of the products that they buy. The business model is largely supported by PPS South Africa, which has shared $2.2 billion in profits with members in the last 10 years. Sequeira-Walmsley commented: "The re-emergence ...

Aussie retirees blindsided by cost of living: Schroders

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... expenses. According to Schroders, this gap in expectations and reality is the fourth largest in the world, behind only South Africa, Sweden and the US. Schroders Australia head of distribution Graeme Mather warned intending retirees to learn from the ...

Frontier names head of real assets arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... Originally from Sydney, Demir has also worked at ABN AMRO and NAB. Her international experience spans Europe, Asia and North Africa. Johnstone-Kaiser was the head of real estate for Asia Pacific at Mercer for more than four years based in Sydney. She ...

Private equity firm closes $558m mining fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
... investments base metals, metallurgical coal, and industrial and specialty minerals in Australia, Canada, South America and Africa. "It's an attractive market where we see in many jurisdictions the opportunity to secure projects that meet our investment ...

Priestley resigns from ASX, Future Fund boards

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
... region, and leading the global emerging markets and international fixed income divisions across Europe, Middle East and Africa. Priestly stayed on as a non-executive chair on J.P. Morgan's board. He also took up a non-executive directorship with ...

State Street announces fixed income appointment

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
... managing the lending of government and corporate fixed income to repo and financing markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). State Street's securities finance division in Asia Pacific is headed by Jansen Chua. "Regulatory changes such as ...

Australian asset owners support first stewardship code

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... members. ACSI highlighted stewardship codes exist in many global markets including the UK, US, Japan, Hong Kong and South Africa but this is the first stewardship code to focus exclusively on the activities of Australian asset owners. Signatories must ...

Magellan cuts ties with Cricket Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... test cricket team which broke the rules with a clear intention to gain an unfair advantage during the third test in South Africa goes to the heart of integrity." "Regrettably, these recent events are so inconsistent with our values that we are left with ...

REIT sells Cromwell stake for $406 million

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
A subsidiary of Singapore-based ARA Asset management is acquiring a 19.5% stake in Cromwell Property Group. South African-based REIT Redefine Properties sold its stake to the ARA AM subsidiary in a move described by the former as a "process to refine ...