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US manager eyes Aussie retirement income

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... develop retirement income products. Thornburg Investment Management which was founded in 1984 and is currently based in Santa Fe. It manages about US $45 billion across global equities and fixed income, in concentrated portfolios that are benchmark unaware ...

Irish pension funds reduce equity exposure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
According to Mercer, Irish pension schemes are reducing their exposure to equities and diversifying into property, infrastructure and hedge funds instead. Mercer's 2019 European Asset Allocation survey also shows average equity allocations for Irish ...

Chief economist update: Powell Power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
We may have a Santa Claus rally this year after all! US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell spooked us all - in the Halloween month of October - when, in an interview with PBS, he declared that: "The really extremely accommodative low interest rates ...

CMC Markets hires head of sales trading

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
CMC Markets announced its new Sydney-based sales trading head for the Asia Pacific and Canada division. Ashley Glover will lead the CMC Markets APAC team to build its high-net-worth and frequent trader client base, as well as focus on delivering customer ...

'tis the season to not be jolly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... celebrate Thanksgiving Day - there won't be anything to give thanks for when it comes around next week. While we're at it, Santa Claus may not be coming to town either. I'm not in a "Grinchy" mood today, it's just the feeling I got after the Australian ...

Alternatives manager makes senior Australian hire

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
A global alternatives investment manager is welcoming a senior appointment to its Sydney office, bringing an industry expert back to his home market. Joining as a member at KKR from early 2018 will be David Lang. He joins from Pamplona Capital Management ...

A$ drop brings good cheers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
So this is Christmas and what have you done (John Lennon)? No, it wasn't me, it was Donald! Thanks to the good tidings Santa Trump delivered (or talked of delivering) - infrastructure building and rebuilding, deregulation, tax reform. Ones that are ...

Dimensional hires BNP super boss

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
... business this year, with the firm opening a new Melbourne office in February - this adds to its existing offices in Austin, Santa Monica, Charlotte, Vancouver, Toronto, London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney. Globally, Dimensional operates ...

Christmas in September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... jolly old saint Nicolas, decking the financial market halls with boughs of holly (fa la la...) on the 21st of September. Santa Kuroda delivered the initial cheer with its announcement of a "New Framework for Strengthening Monetary Easing: "Quantitative ...

Dimensional expands with new Melbourne office

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
... makes sense for us to continue to expand our presence here." The move adds to Dimensional's existing offices in Austin, Santa Monica, Charlotte, Vancouver, Toronto, London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney. A city of more than four million ...