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Former Macquarie executive joins LICs

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
... and leasing businesses. During her 18-year tenure at Macquarie Group, she also led the risk and regulatory change team, equities IT team, and helped develop the technology's merger and acquisition capability. Her other experience includes senior roles ...

Formica finds new CEO role

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... diversification strategy which has taken this firm to a new level, growing substantially from a predominantly UK-focused equities business to one that is today broadly diversified by asset class, geography and channel. He is handing over the business ...

Fund managers embrace China exposure: Zenith

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
More fund managers are increasing their exposures to Chinese equities thanks to major indices that began offering China A-Shares last year. This is according Zenith's analysis of emerging market fund managers it rated, which increased their average ...

Aussie equities trading volume jumps at Liquidnet

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
Global and Aussie asset managers traded about $12 billion in Australian equities on Liquidnet's network in 2018, swelling 20% over the previous year. The increased volumes were a result of Australian members of the network using more algo trading ...

Myer Family Investments hires portfolio manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... portfolio manager from Janus Henderson Investors. Nick Sladen joined the family office in December as a portfolio manager for equities, Myer FI confirmed. He has almost two decades of financial services experience, most recently working at Janus Henderson ...

Labour and housing drive rate sentiment

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... Producer Price Index (PPI) numbers should be supportive of Australian bonds in the short to medium term. For Australian equities, DWS is currently neutral within global equities but expects slower EPS growth. One Australian equities manager who differs ...

Avenir eyes insto investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
Avenir Capital is looking to win institutional investors for its 'private equity mindset' approach to equities, after previously running capital raised mostly by word-of-mouth. The fund invests in 18 international stocks, with a longer-term ...

Rest launches low-cost indexed options

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... a balanced option respectively. Balanced Indexed invests in a mix of growth and defensive assets comprising: overseas equities (45%), Australian equities (30%), bonds (20%) and cash (5%). It aims to perform in line with the benchmarks' returns (before ...

Ironbark dumps investment manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... portfolio of diversified alternative investment strategies to a quantitative macro strategy comprising global bonds, equities, currency, and commodity markets. The name of the fund will also change, becoming the Ironbark GCM Global Macro Fund. Ironbark ...

Global asset manager names regional head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... years, establishing it as a key region for Columbia Threadneedle," Truscott said. "We have added locally based Asian equities and fixed income investment personnel and established wholesale distribution in key hubs complementing our institutional business ...