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Former Magellan research head joins boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... since 2011. She joined Magellan in 2007 and served as a member of the franchise team. Before Magellan, Thomas was an equities analyst at BT Securities and Deutsche Bank. Her departure followed the news that the Magellan IPO in October 2017 for a new ...

Absolute returns core to building wealth: ARCO chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... something people can spend. You can't spend a relative return," he said. ARCO takes long and short positions in Australian equities but says some strategies, usually offshore, make absolute return investments in fixed income, and even commodities. What's ...

Qualitas creates LIT, enters retail market

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... Financial Standard, Qualitas managing director and chief investment officer Andrew Schwartz said when lined up against equities or hybrids, the LIT can deliver income that's pre-agreed and more like a fixed income product. "The point about debt is ...

Natixis acquires credit specialist

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
... and provide our investors access to a unique new range of private debt strategies." In March, Natixis launched a global equities ESG fund that assessed companies on eight sustainable development themes: energy, resources, buildings and cities, ICT, health ...

Chief economist update: Shanghai's drop is China's problem, the yuan's slide is everyone's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
... ugliness of the Sino-US trade "spat" du jour. While not many - just those who have overweight allocations in Chinese equities - batted an eyelid at the Shanghai index's dive, most are now standing up and paying attention at the yuan's drop. Overnight ...

Aussie fund manager drops fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... affected as a result of this change and additional expenses incurred. The $36.3 million K2 Asian Fund invests in listed equities throughout the Asia Pacific region ex Japan. It generated a 5.8% return over 10 years and 8.5% in the year to 31 May 2018. ...

Parametric expands alternative risk premia offering

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... Systematic Global Macro, uses three investing factors: value, momentum and carry. Parametric's strategy can be applied to equities, bonds, currency and commodities markets. Parametric Australasia chief executive Chris Briant said the SARP strategy ...

Global manager hires former Wallaby, launches unit trust

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
A former Australian rugby union centre is joining a UK-based equities manager as its managing director for Australia. The firm is also launching an Aussie-based global equities unit trust seeded with $130 million from an industry superannuation fund. ...

Sequoia sells direct equities business

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
Sequoia Financial Group noted the sale of its direct equities business in a market update. Sequoia said it was selling Sequoia Direct as part of a "simplication of its overall operation by reducing the number of AFSLs operated within the Sequoia group." ...

ASX-listed multi-boutique names new CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
... Current's office in Tacoma, Washington. His appointment follows a Pacific Current boutique, GQG Partners, winning a global equities mandate from Rest. The mandate brings GQG's total number of Australian and New Zealand clients to 16 across the ...