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Vanguard appoints Australian exec

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... as Vanguard's APAC chief information officer Charles Thompson relocated to the company's US headquarters to lead international systems. She will report directly to Vanguard Australia managing director Frank Kolimago. "Kim's technical and leadership expertise ...

Australia Day honours recognise industry stalwarts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... chair of APN Funds Management. He is the former managing director and head of investment banking for Merrill Lynch International Australia, and a former non-executive director of ING Australia. Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) chief ...

Avenir eyes insto investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... 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 focus similar to private equity, according to founder and now chief investment officer ...

Chief economist update: Don't buy now, Australian property will be cheaper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... in consumer spending - due to lacklustre wages growth and high household debt levels - and the deterioration in international trade, driven by Trump's war on trade and what was then, the incipient slowdown in China and global economic growth. They're ...

Ethical investments top mandate appointments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... Rainmaker's analysis shows private equity mandates also saw significant growth, rising 45%. Infrastructure (up 23%), international property (up 21%) and hedge funds (up 19%) rounded out the top five. Allocations to alternatives also grew to now account ...

Chief economist update: Policy normalisation interrupted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
What a world of difference a year makes! The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has just released its World Economic Outlook Update, the heading: A Weakening Global Expansion. Says it all, really...and for a synopsis: "The global expansion has weakened. ...

Watermark pulls out of global equities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... farewell to a number of senior staff. The ASX-listed fund manager announced it is in the process of liquidating its international exposures and will return to its original focus on Australian equities. As a result, portfolio managers Hamish Chalmers ...

Young Aussies backing world's biggest brands

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
Young Australians are increasingly investing in the hot international stocks they know and love, latest nabtrade data shows. Latest figures from nabtrade show young traders entered the market in record numbers in 2018, with the number of Gen Z investors ...

CCIV consultation opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
The next phase of implementing the Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle regime is open for consolation. Stakeholders have until 28 February 2019 to make submissions on two proposed bills - the tax and regulatory component, and related explanatory ...

Chief economist update: Crude oil to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... Vienna in December last year, where they agreed to cut production by 1.2 million barrels per day. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), this is because "the United States... is now the world's biggest crude oil producer" - surpassing ...