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Northern Trust hires chief investment strategist

KANIKA SOOD | TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018

... designing, implementing and communicating global investment strategy for the firm's investors, across Europe, Middle East Africa (EMEA) and Asia-Pacific region. Sturkenboom will report to Northern Trust's chief investment strategist Jim McDonald. "With ...

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. ...

Boutique adds insto distribution lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2018

... platform market, our institutional client aspirations can now be further developed." O'Brien is also a director of Oasis Africa, a charity focussed on sustainable education for children in Nairobi, Kenya. The appointment follows that of Dan Powell earlier ...

Chief economist update: Submerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018

Emerging markets had been rallying even before 2017 turned into 2018, outperforming developed markets - 27.8% versus 16.3% - at the end of last year. Those were the days of synchronised growth upswing, given more oomph by Trump's declared corporate ...

T. Rowe Price names new APAC distribution head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018

... in the role on 1 January 2019. Trueman replaces Keller who was recently named head of GIMS for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Trueman has been with T. Rowe Price for 11 years, having previously held roles with AXA Rosenberg Investment Management and ...

Chief economist update: Emerging markets feel the heat as Turkey burns

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018

Emerging markets continue to feel the heat from Turkey's roasting and so do several European countries. The European Central Bank (ECB) can only count its blessings that Turkey is not Greece. It has applied, but Turkey is not (yet) a member of the ...

PPS Mutual creates state manager role

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018

... professional members who share in the profits of the products that they buy. The business model is largely supported by PPS South Africa, which has shared $2.2 billion in profits with members in the last 10 years. Sequeira-Walmsley commented: "The re-emergence ...

Aussie retirees blindsided by cost of living: Schroders

HARRISON WORLEY | THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018

... expenses. According to Schroders, this gap in expectations and reality is the fourth largest in the world, behind only South Africa, Sweden and the US. Schroders Australia head of distribution Graeme Mather warned intending retirees to learn from the ...

Frontier names head of real assets arm

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018

... Originally from Sydney, Demir has also worked at ABN AMRO and NAB. Her international experience spans Europe, Asia and North Africa. Johnstone-Kaiser was the head of real estate for Asia Pacific at Mercer for more than four years based in Sydney. She ...

Private equity firm closes $558m mining fund

KANIKA SOOD | TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018

... investments base metals, metallurgical coal, and industrial and specialty minerals in Australia, Canada, South America and Africa. "It's an attractive market where we see in many jurisdictions the opportunity to secure projects that meet our investment ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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