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Thematic investing grows threefold

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... billion in assets, robotics and automation is the most popular theme globally," Morningstar said. "Interestingly, North American funds account for just 6% of global robotics and automation assets, with the remainder divvied up 55%/45% between funds in ...

QIC names new head of global private capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... recently retired as the head of global private capital. Stephen Whatmore is moving into the role after leading the North American team and setting up the QIC global private capital office in San Francisco. Whatmore has invested across all of QIC's private ...

Fidelity sweeps Morningstar Australia Awards

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... finalist (but not a winner) was global equities. Franklin Global Growth beat VanEck Vector's QUAL and Zurich Global Growth (American Century Investments) for fund manager of the year in global equities. No win for Magellan this year Magellan was a finalist ...

New Aussie ETF to invest in FAANGs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... "They told us that a lot of times the reason they were buying international funds was to get exposure to these particular American growth stories. But they also wanted a little bit extra, and so we have added stocks like Tesla and Baidu." The ETF will ...

Profits down as Perpetual looks to future

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... ESG and impact investing grows. Adams also announced the appointment of former Henderson Global Investors head of North American distribution Chuck Thompson to lead the development of Perpetual's distribution across the Americas. "Chuck ran Henderson's ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 could hit Australia with triple whammy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... They include British Airways, Air France, and Dutch airline KLM, which axed flights through much of March. In the US, American Airlines and Delta halted flights until the end of April, as did the Spanish flag carrier Iberia. "Asian and Middle Eastern ...

Perpetual awards mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
An American fund manager has scored Perpetual as its first Aussie institutional client with a credit mandate. Perpetual has mandated Thornburg Investment Management which is headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico and represented here by Melbourne-based ...

Chief economist update: It's the US consumer, stupid me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
Uh-oh, I may have to put the letters "W" and "R" in front of my last name (Ong) cause that's what my last prognosis for the US economy and the Fed's response is turning out to be. I've been among those pencilling in a recession when the ...

Macquarie suit to lead Challenger joint venture

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
Challenger and an American fund manager have hired from Macquarie's Sydney offices, as they appoint an Australia head for their joint venture which is readying a credit fund. Ares Australia Management was set up in October last year as a joint venture ...

AustralianSuper, QIC back investment manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
... to support Generate's growth while pursuing additional thematic infrastructure investment opportunities in the North American market." Other assets held by QIC in the US include CampusParc at the Ohio State University, MasParc and Mobility LLC at Northeastern ...