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Chief economist update: S&P raises Duterte ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2019
Money talks, prayers walk. This appears to be the overriding theme in the upcoming May 13 mid-term elections in the Philippines where "foul-mouthed and murderous" president Rodrigo Duterte's preferred senatorial and congressional candidates lead ...

Big banks forced to cut costs: Perennial Value

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2019
Despite a positive economic and regulatory outlook, Australia's big banks will look to cut costs as the fallout from the Royal Commission continues. That is the view of Perennial portfolio manager Andrew King, who said ongoing efforts to remediate customers ...

Super fund awards $50m mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
EG Funds Management has won a mandate from a $9 billion superannuation fund. The real estate investment manager, with $2.1 billion under management, was awarded a $50 million mandate from Tasplan, which will invest the funds in EG's High Income Sustainable ...

Netwealth opens new office, grows team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
Netwealth is opening a new office and expanding its national distribution team with the addition of a former BT Financial Group senior sales manager. The new office will be in Adelaide and manned by Andrew Dwyer, its newly-appointed senior distribution ...

State Street appoints international chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
State Street has hired Citigroup's Asia chief executive as the new chief executive of its international business. Francisco Aristeguieta will be responsible for the company's business outside of US including strategy, client engagement, talent, growth ...

Group risk inflows slow at CommInsure, AMP

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
... inflows into the individual risk lump sum premium grew by 0.2%. Among the giants, inflows growth was led by Zurich (5.3%), TAL (4%) and Suncorp (1.4%) while ClearView (11.2%) and AIA (10.6%) picked up the most inflows among the smaller players. CommInsure ...

Macquarie IM names APAC operations lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
The former head of investment operations at Suncorp has taken on a leadership role at Macquarie Investment Management. A spokesperson for Macquarie has confirmed Caroline Marull is now chief operating officer, Asia Pacific for Macquarie Investment Management. ...

Crestone builds investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
The private wealth firm with $17 billion in assets under management has hired from JANA and Morningstar as it builds out its investment team. Stan Shamu is joining Crestone Wealth Management as a senior portfolio strategist from JANA Investment Advisers ...

Fund manager invests in women

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
An Australian funds manager has stepped up to address under-representation of women in the sector. Plato Investment Management has partnered with The University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) to develop a program for women who want to work in finance. ...

Chief economist update: Aussie property price falls become self-fulfilling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
"It's in a delicate situation. In terms of general direction, we're not surprised [prices have fallen]... That said, [the] downturn has been a bit bigger." These were the Australian Financial Review's (AFR) quotable quotes from its exclusive ...