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Evidence of "pay to play" in US pension consulting

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... investment advisory firms may have used political contributions to win mandates from public pension funds in the United States until 2011, a new research paper found. Pay to Play in Investment Management, a paper published by William Beggs from University ...

Industry fund appoints chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... strategic insight to the role of chief executive of Sunsuper." "This global experience - based in Asia and then in the United States - coupled with very strong investment and risk governance leadership credentials has given the board every confidence ...

Australia investor friendly, not consumer friendly: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... when it comes to fees and charges. The Global Investor Experience Study found Australia, the Netherlands and the United States have the lowest fees for investors, while countries like Italy and Taiwan rated the worst. Morningstar's global practice leader ...

Chief economist update: Fed has Trump's trade war number

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... economic activity, as businesses pull back on investment and production. They concluded that globally and in the United States, its impact is around 1% to GDP... through early next year. With U.S. GDP estimated at about $20 trillion, and world GDP at ...

Chief economist update: Trump should read Frank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... products in the USA. I will be responding to China's Tariffs this afternoon. This is a GREAT opportunity for the United States." Upping the ante on his trade war with China: "China should not have put new Tariffs on 75 BILLION DOLLARS of United States ...

Chief economist update: Wheels of US recession in motion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... King John Bill Shakespeare might just as well have written this prose about Donald J. - that's President of the United States Donald J. Trump to us all. The global economy was going swimmingly fine (even bolstered) straight after his victory and ...

Chief economist update: US recession a sure thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
The United States will be in recession a year or so from now. There I called it! But at the same time, I'm hoping that I'm wrong. US recession fears - resulting from the negative spread between the yield on 10-year and two-year US Treasuries ...

Boutique fund manager names chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... has extensive experience in managing and growing global asset managers with experience in Australia, Asia and the United States. We look forward to her joining the firm at a time when it is well positioned for growth," he said. Rahmani began her career ...

Global manager hires from Magellan

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
... 2016 as an independent boutique equities manager based in Florida. Sydney became its first office outside of the United States last year. Abernethy left his role as the CFS's head of retail investment sales, which he had held since 2013 to lead GQG's ...

JP Morgan-linked ship in US $1bn drug bust

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
... container ship being linked to J.P. Morgan Asset Management has been the subject of a US $1 billion cocaine bust in the United States. The ship, MSC Gayane, is owned by a fund run by JP Morgan's asset management unit, according to CNN Business. JP ...