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AMP Capital divests $440m from tobacco

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... services organisations to adopt tobacco-free finance policies developed in line with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. AMP Capital first announced the ...

Fintech hub snaps up Afterpay co-founder

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... success across a variety of relevant industries and business types," "She's been instrumental in supporting the development of Stone & Chalk's strategy, and continually exemplifies our core values of honesty, transparency and integrity," Scandurra ...

MSCI launches tobacco exclusion indexes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... tobacco-free finance policies across lending, insurance and investment, in line with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and the World Health Organization Framework. It has more than 120 founding signatories including BNP Paribas, Natixis ...

J.P. Morgan expands derivatives clearing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... client relationship manager for futures and options and OTC Clearing David Stinson said: "Our investment in product development responds to the needs of our domestic institutional investor clients that can benefit from a local solution." "Clients that ...

Chief economist update: Surplus here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... and the financial system's asset quality." The sharp improvement in Australia's budget deficit is a welcome development. More so, given the uncertainties presented by offshore challenges in the form of Trump's protectionism and the turmoil ...

Aussie fund managers face machine learning challenges

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... expertise. Another challenge was the lack of high quality data. The majority of respondents plan to focus on professional development and learning more about machine learning over the next 12 months. Increased competition, intense fee pressure and the ...

ASIC hires from Link Group

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... LinkedIn profile. She has worked as HOSTPLUS' national marketing programs manager, ME Bank's national business development manager and Industry Fund Services' marketing programs and relationship manager. She holds an MBA in business administration ...

JCP appoints executive chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
... alpha for the periods he has managed JCP's Benchmark Insensitive portfolios), we believe this is a strong positive development for our clients and prospective clients," a statement from the company said. Paul Laband (non-executive director) is retiring ...

Chief economist update: Stability is doing it for Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
Another new set of tariffs will take effect today in the on-going Sino-US trade battle. Yet most equity markets around the world registered gains last week ahead of its implementation. This is because US-China tariff phase two is less onerous than was ...

Arnhem portfolio manager departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
... Australian Equity Fund. Since then, Arnhem's head of distribution Samuel Stobart and senior institutional business development manager Natalie Kulakoff have taken roles with Ellerston Capital and Bennelong Funds Management, respectively. An official ...