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Fortnum lands investment veteran as chairman

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... advice-driven practices," Douglas said of his appointment. Douglas has also worked at AMP Society in fixed income analysis and equities markets. He briefly served in the Prime Minister's department, and has three postgraduate degrees in applied finance ...

Bell AM recruits senior global equities analyst

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
Bell Asset Management is expanding its investment team with a new senior global equities analyst. Matthew Saddington joins Bell AM from Millinium Capital Managers, where he spent two years as an investment manager. Before that, he was an investment ...

Tech selloff builds cash pile at Pengana

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
Australian equities managers unloading tech stocks face a tough question - where do they put this pile of cash to work? One international equities manager saw its cash allocations spike to a three-year high as it trimmed investments in tech stocks in ...

Diversity leads growth manager in new direction

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... from the bottom up. Built by its quantitative investment team, the asset manager placed 45 factors into its Australian equities database and came up with three broad groups it believes "link to future equity performance." With this new ESG quant model ...

Prime Value appoints new portfolio manager

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... Asset Management is taking on a new role at Prime Value Asset Management. Richard Ivers joins Prime Value's Australian equities team as a portfolio manager. He will also be responsible for managing Prime Value's Emerging Opportunities Fund alongside ...

Facebook scandal raises ESG concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... BetaShares, who removed Facebook from its Global Sustainability Leaders ETF (ETHI). ETHI is the largest ethical global equities ETF traded on the ASX, with about $170 million in funds under management. The decision by the fund's responsible investment ...

Natixis unveils ESG global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
Natixis Investment Managers has launched a new global equities fund aimed at Australian institutional investors, in partnership with a $14 billion socially responsible investment affiliate. The new fund will assess companies on eight sustainable development ...

Kim Ivey launches new boutique

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... Ivey said. LSL's chief investment officer is Timothy Cheung, who joined from Perpetual Investments where he was a global equities analyst. Prior to that, he was head of research at Morphic Asset Management and portfolio manager at Cheung Capital Management. ...

Top stocks shine in the long term: ABDO

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018
... Capital Group investment director Andy Budden challenged advisers to look for long-term investment opportunities in global equities. Even amid the growing concerns about protectionism, and inflation and interest rates increasing more rapidly than expected ...

Chief economist update: The trend is not our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018
... inflation. This in turn, will lessen the pressure on the RBA to tighten monetary policy. Under such a scenario, domestic equities will benefit as more people find jobs. Jobs translate to income. Higher income means increased household spending. Stronger ...