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ASI appoints new APAC chief

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has announced a new chief executive to lead the Asia Pacific region. Rene Buehlmann has been named chief executive of APAC, effective 1 March 2021. Buehlmann will succeed Hugh Young, who is taking on a new role as ...

IFM makes multi-billion-dollar energy bid

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
IFM Investors has made a EUR 5 billion offer for a 22% stake in Spanish energy company Naturgy Energy Group. The stake will form part of IFM's Global Infrastructure Fund. Naturgy is based in Spain and listed on the IBEX 35 exchange. Its diversified ...

Stonehorn Global Partners names investor head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
The Schwartz family office-backed firm has appointed a head of investor relations (ex-Australia) and partner as it expands into Europe. Maria Llanes will be based in Switzerland and joins from distribution firm Tiffons Global Partners where she was ...

Family home dominates adviser conversations

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
... nearly four years since it was introduced. The downsizer contribution, limited to $300,000 or $600,000 for a couple, does not count towards the non-concessional contributions cap. It was introduced the 2017-18 budget as part of the government's package ...

BlackRock readies for crypto exposure

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
The world's largest asset manager is flirting with the idea of investing in cryptocurrency, priming two of its global funds to potential exposure to bitcoin futures. Two filings with US watchdog the Securities and Exchange Commission reveal that two ...

Chief economist update: Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
Australians all let us rejoice! Less than a week before the country celebrates its day, the National Statistician released its latest survey of the domestic labour market... and it was good. "In joyful strains then let us sing, Advance Australia Fair." ...

Jobs return to pre-pandemic levels

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
Payroll jobs had recovered to pre-COVID levels by early December 2020, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). ABS head of labour statistics Bjorn Jarvis said early to mid-December is a seasonal peak for jobs each ...

Chief economist update: USA Inc is under new management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
Joggin' Joe hits the ground running. Not soon after he was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States of America, Joe Biden rolled up his sleeves and went to work. Hours after his inauguration, Biden signed 17 executive orders, memorandums ...

QIC enters private debt, hires from AMP Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
QIC has hired AMP Capital's former head of global infrastructure debt, as it enters a new asset class in private debt. Andrew Jones will join QIC as its head of private debt, effective February 1. He will report to QIC chief executive Damien Frawley. ...

Vanguard growth ETFs shine

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
Two Vanguard exchange-traded funds have outperformed actively managed wholesale funds in the growth category, new Rainmaker research finds. Vanguard Diversified High Growth Index ETF (VDHG) and Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF (VDGR) delivered ...