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Netflix-style shopping for funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
A former member of Macquarie's insto equities sales team is launching a new platform which ultimately aims to offer a Netflix-style shopping experience to financial advisers and clients. Forum 360 has been working for two years to build the prototype ...

Future Fund delivers 5.8%

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... previous 10 years," Future Fund chief executive David Neal said. The year-end asset allocation stands at: 23.6% in global equities (25.5% at June 30), 15.8% in private equity (14.1% previously), 14.6% in alternative assets (15.4% previously), 14.5% in ...

Chief economist update: A pretty portrait of an emerging market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
Citing Sean Taylor - DWS chief investment officer for Asia Pacific and head of emerging market equities - Financial Standard editor, Darren Snyder, penned a report titled, "Asia, emerging markets to lead in 2019" last week. "Speaking at the Financial ...

Asia, emerging markets to lead in 2019

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
... Chief Economists Forum in Sydney yesterday, DWS chief investment officer for Asia Pacific and head of emerging market equities, Sean Taylor, said Asia's debt-to-equity ratio currently sits under 30% - a marked improvement in the past three years. "In ...

Brexit is history: Chief Economists Forum

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... expert told this morning's Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum. AXA Investment Managers' head of Framlington Equities Asia, Mark Tinker, told delegates at the forum in Sydney that Britain and the European Union don't need a trade deal ...

Pendal acquires Regnan

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... clients by enabling it to leverage the fundamental insights if a highly regarded investment management organisation, across equities, fixed income and multi-asset portfolios." "Delivering evidence-based, multi-asset ESG research and stewardship is a ...

Tough quarter for world's largest pension fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
The world's largest pension fund lost about $186 billion in the three months to December 31, as equities performed poorly. Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF)'s total assets dipped to $1.9 trillion in the third quarter of FY18 (in Australia ...

Yarra Capital adds to investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
The boutique has hired an AustralianSuper analyst after it took over the management of UBS's Australian equities funds last year. Olivia Dalton started at Yarra Capital Management two weeks ago. She will cover industrial stocks, working alongside ...

Janus Henderson pulls out of Aussie equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
Janus Henderson Investors is shutting down its Australian equities funds and will return about $490 million of capital to investors. "Over the past 18 months, the manager's Australian equity (AEQ) investment desk has found it challenging to meaningfully ...

Fidelity hires investment specialist

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
... Investments in the UK. He first joined M&G in June 2009 and worked in investment specialist roles across fixed income, equities, multi-asset and property. His career began Macquarie Group in 2002 as an economist based in Sydney. Devoy said Doyle's appointment ...