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Outflows dent IOOF advice, funds businesses

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... chief executive Renato Mota said: "In addition to attracting flows into our proprietary platforms, distributing a range of third-party platforms leverages the strengths of our partners while expanding our footprint." ANZ announced it will divest its ...

Tough quarter for world's largest pension fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... equities performed poorly. Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF)'s total assets dipped to $1.9 trillion in the third quarter of FY18 (in Australia, Q2 of FY19) as compared to $2 trillion in the same quarter the year before. The fund is heavily ...

Hiring outlook subdued: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... readership optimism is more subdued. Half of the financial services firms surveyed plan to decrease headcount this year. About a third (30%) wants to hire more employees, while the remainder intend to maintain headcount levels. The latest Hays Jobs Report ...

Chief economist update: La vita is no longer e bella

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
... like a big pizza pie, that's amore..." But Italians may not be in the mood for "amore", not when their economy - the third biggest in the Eurozone - is officially in a technical recession. La vita is no longer e bella! Italian GDP contracted by 0.2% ...

Challenger boutique appoints chief operating officer

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
... non-investment tasks, Ardea co-founder and principal Stephen Clout said. She will act as a compliance manager, maintain its third-party relationships, and ensure the day-to-day deliverables of the business are met. She will also oversee the development ...

Former Macquarie executive joins LICs

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
... experience that the board currently has." NAOS Asset Management has more than $300 million invested across its three LICs, the third being NAOS Small Cap Opportunities Company (NSC). It applies an ESG screen across all its investments. The Sydney-based ...

Chief economist update: The Fed pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
... index started to stumble-from a record high of 2,930.7 points on 20 September 2018 - after the Fed announced 2018's third rate hike (to 2%-2.25%) on the 26th of the same month. Now that the data - negative "global economic and financial developments ...

Ponzi scheme fined $1.4bn

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... executive Robert H. Shapiro lured retail investors by offering them 5-10% in returns annually generated from issuing loans to third-party commercial property owners, the US Securities and Exchange Commission alleged. Many of the investors were seniors ...

Avenir eyes insto investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... short-term decisions based on volatility in the market." Avenir's research says even during years of low volatility, almost a third of the stocks listed on the S&P/500 can see their value fluctuate by 50%. Warner started Avenir in 2011, after nearly ...

Fund manager expands distribution team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
A listed equities boutique fund manager has hired from BlackRock, as it expands adviser distribution ahead of its foray into private equity. Pengana Capital Group (ASX: PCG) appointed Ryan Crewe as a business development manager in a newly-created role. ...