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Northern Trust appoints head of quant

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
The global asset manager has hired a Russell Investments research director in a newly-created role, as it expands its Australian business. Scott Bennett will now head Northern Trust's Australia and New Zealand quantitative research and client solutions ...

Aviva chief executive exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... which it can thrive. In Australia, Aviva Investors runs multi-strategy funds and fixed income funds. Aviva Investors is the global asset management arm of Aviva plc. It had US$482 billion ($648 billion) in assets under management as at March end.

Boutique executes buyout, rebrands

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
The executive team at a Melbourne-based global equities manager has bought out the majority stake held by its parent firm. The buyout includes a name change and new board chair. Wingate Group helped set up boutique Wingate Asset Management in 2005. ...

ASIC commences civil action against ANZ

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
... including ANZ Group treasurer Rick Moscati. The CDPP also said it will lay charges against Deutsche Bank and Citigroup Global Markets Australia for their alleged involvement. In the same announcement, ANZ flagged ASIC was investigating whether the bank's ...

BNP Paribas launches Aussie equities trust

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
... Australia chief executive David Grybas said. "This is a natural extension to our already strong line up of high conviction global equity strategies," he said. Launched today, the trust has a minimum investment size of $25,000. The new trust will be available ...

University endowment fund awards mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
Australian National University's endowment fund has appointed a global manager to run an ESG-focused fixed income strategy. Aberdeen Standard Investments will actively manage Australian fixed income with an ESG overlay for the nearly $1.3 billion endowment ...

Chief economist update: Famous last words

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... bankruptcy on 15 September 2008, setting off a chain of events that changed the meaning of GFC from Geelong Football Club to Global Financial Crisis. Maybe, this time is different. Then again maybe not. The "Economic Letter" published last night by the ...

Global equities fund purges tobacco, fossil fuels

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... sustainability criteria. Vontobel Australia and New Zealand has elected to rid its flagship product, the $298 million Vontobel global equity fund of its holdings in tobacco and carbon-based energy products. This includes coal and consumable fuels, oil ...

Funds SA appoints chair, director

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... recent role, Burton was employed as an investment manager at LOGOS property. He has also worked with Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM), Deutsche Bank, ABN Amro and Lend Lease. In 2017, Funds SA generated $8.1 million in revenues from ...

Member takes $50 billion industry fund to court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... is the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's predictions that if emissions continue to rise then the average global temperatures could rise two degrees by 2050, which would result in greater natural disasters. "I would like to know what Rest ...