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Fidante boutique launches flagship fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
A new Fidante Partners boutique has launched its flagship emerging markets fund. Ox Capital Management's Dynamic Emerging Markets Fund invests in undervalued companies from Asia ex-Japan and other emerging markets. It holds between 30 to 50 stocks ...

Hyperion Asset Management builds out team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
The fund manager has appointed a head of risk and compliance, general executive, and research associate as it invests in its next stage of growth. Thomas Withers has joined as head of risk and compliance from Northcape Capital where he was in a similar ...

Westpac New Zealand names chief executive

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2021
The big four bank appointed a former Barclays Group executive to lead its New Zealand business. Catherine McGrath recently returned to New Zealand from London where she spent eight years at Barclays and was most recently head of channels. In this role ...

Australian Ethical overhauls longstanding fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021
Australian Ethical is making a series of changes to its Advocacy investment option that will allow it to begin investing in alternatives and unlisted property. From October, the Advocacy option will essentially close and instead be known as the 'High ...

ClearView launches risk product suite

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021
After a year in the works, ClearView Wealth unveiled a new suite of life insurance products that come with significant changes to income protection. ClearView ClearChoice aims to address the shortcomings in existing solutions and meet the evolving needs ...

Social media pump and dumps gain traction

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021
The regulator has warned that pump and dump schemes are becoming a trend on social media. ASIC said it has observed a "concerning" trend of social media posts being used to coordinate pump and dump activity in listed stocks. It's now issued a reminder ...

Federated Hermes releases strategy globally

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021
The investment manager has made the Federated Hermes Emerging Market Debt Strategy available to investors across the globe after only being available to US clients. The strategy aims to deliver capital growth and income by investing in sovereign, corporate ...

Adviser overwhelm explained

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
At the Association of Financial Advisers' annual conference, general manager of policy and professionalism Phil Anderson dived into the regulatory overwhelm facing advisers. Anderson started his speech by asking, "Who is feeling overwhelmed by the level ...

Montreal Exchange extends trading hours

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
The Montreal Exchange (MX) is making a play for superannuation fund assets by syncing its trading hours to accommodate Asia Pacific investors. The Canadian derivatives exchange has extended its trading hours to allow Asia Pacific investors to manage ...

BlackRock warns against reforms based on assumptions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
In its submission to the inquiry into common ownership, BlackRock point out the theory behind the inquiry is "based on fundamental misconceptions", adding that any possible reforms based on ideas still under debate would be premature. Citing a 2015 ...