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Standard Life launches impact fund, appoints managers

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
Standard Life Investments is launching its first impact fund, having appointed two portfolio managers to oversee the portfolio. The Global Equity Impact Fund is launching under the Standard Life banner but will be co-run by Aberdeen Standard Investment's ...

Japanese sun rises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... since the period between the March 2005 and June 2006 quarters. Underlying all these is optimism that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will win the 22 October general elections and hence, the continuation of "Abenomics" - the ...

Aberdeen LIC ousts portfolio manager

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
The board of Aberdeen Leaders Limited (ALR) will remove Aberdeen Asset Management as its investment manager, following a decision to internalise management functions. ALR said Aberdeen will remain as its manager until January. ALR chair Brian Sherman ...

Alternatives managers celebrated at annual event

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
The Macquarie Australia Plus Fund has taken out a key accolade at the 2017 Hedge Funds Rock and Australian Alternative Investment Awards. The awards, which recognise alternative investment managers who have produced superior risk adjusted returns and ...

Merged asset manager appoints Australian leadership

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
The Australian leadership team for the finalised merger of two global investment managers, collectively representing $998 billion in assets, has been named. Aberdeen Asset Management and Standard Life, whose merged asset management business is now known ...

Less room for mid-tier asset managers: Stern

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
Standard Life Investments head of multi-asset and macro investing, Guy Stern, believes the asset management industry will soon stratify into trillion-dollar players and boutiques - with not much room for a middle ground. Speaking to Financial Standard ...

Government shows commitment to funds management

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
Australian fund managers could see additional offshore funds flow into the sector following the Federal Government's commitment to clarify two key pieces of taxation policy. Announced by Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer this ...

Ohanessian vindicated by record Praemium inflows

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
Praemium chief executive Michael Ohanessian, who was recently reappointed following a board spill, said the firm's record inflows in the June quarter represent a "tangible validation of our underlying growth strategy." In Q2 2017, Praemium achieved ...

Cloudy skies in the land of the rising sun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
With the prices of Australia's major commodity exports - coal and iron ore -- trending lower this year, let's all spend a minute silence and pray that yesterday's report of a massive slump in exports - down 8.0% in the month of April - was indeed an ...

Ohanessian ousts entire Praemium board

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
Deposed Praemium chief executive Michael Ohanessian was successful in his bid to remove his former employer's board of directors, appointing a new board in the process. Following the results of the general meeting in Melbourne today, directors Andre ...