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Chief economist update: Is China starting to slow down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
Be afraid, be very afraid. This appears to be the foreboding flashing on investors' dashboards following yesterday's 3.7% drubbing in the Shanghai composite index and the 0.5% depreciation in the Chinese yuan CNY6.9136 versus the greenback. ...

Chief economist update: That other Fed policy towards normalcy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
Latest data updates indicate that the US economic juggernaut continues to power on. The ISM non-manufacturing index shot up from 58.5 in August to a higher than expected 61.6 in September - its highest level on record. In addition, the ADP private sector ...

Blue Sky offloads six funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
Beleaguered Blue Sky Alternative Investments will sell its retirement living funds and its 50% stake in Aura Holdings, the operator of the retirement living business. Blue Sky today announced it signed a binding agreement with an offshore institutional ...

Pengana LIC profitable again

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
Pengana's listed investment company posted solid profits for the financial year, springing back from last year's losses of $23 million. Pengana International Equities (PIA) raked in a total investment income of $40 million, up 260% over the ...

UniSuper appoints executive manager from HESTA

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
A new executive manager, people services will join UniSuper in July. Julie Watkins joins the $66 billion super fund from HESTA, where she was people executive. Prior to that she was chief human resources officer at AIA, global talent director at Treasury ...

Blue Sky short seller launches new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
One of the men behind the US hedge fund which successfully shorted Blue Sky Alternative Investments is starting an activist investment fund of his own. Former Glaucus Research director and chief investment officer at Glaucus Investments, Soren Aandahl ...

Blue Sky revaluation sees asset prices drop

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has completed an independent revaluation for 25% of its fee-earning assets under management, and it is expected to reduce FY18 net profit after tax by $7 million. The first phase of Blue Sky's total portfolio revaluation ...

Blue Sky chair steps down amid business restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
Blue Sky Alternative Investments' chair will step down at the annual general meeting and the group chief investment officer role will be made redundant as part of an overhaul of the company's business model and structure. Any executive directors other ...

Blue Sky MD resigns

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
Blue Sky's managing director, who took over from founder Mark Sowerby in August 2016, is resigning from the company to help "rebuild market confidence." Robert Shand presided over Blue Sky during a difficult period, where US hedge fund Glaucus Research ...

Blue Sky falls short of disclosure expectations

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
Following on from the opinion article by Glaucus Research, Blue Sky chair John Kain said the company has fallen short of shareholder and market expectations around transparency and disclosure. As a result of this, Kain said Blue Sky is now commissioning ...