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Beer tap runs dry for $2 billion manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
... there are earnings disappointments," Moore said of expensive valuations. PM Capital runs a global opportunities fund and an Asian opportunities fund. In the last quarter, it cut its positions in Macau's gaming companies and closed short positions on ...

Chief economist update: Caught in the crossfire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... Country' is that the Australian dollar is once again starting to rise to the occasion, the same thing it did during the Asian financial crisis of 1997/1998 and the global financial crisis of 2007/2008. The A$ has depreciated by 1.8% versus the US dollar ...

Asia Region Funds Passport legislation tabled

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... pension systems. They also manage the fourth-largest pool of managed funds. "With the right policy settings and support of our Asian economic partners, financial services, which is already the biggest contributor to the Australian economy, can flourish ...

Perpetual GM joins Evans Dixon ahead of IPO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... corporate clients general manager at the Trust Company, which Perpetual acquired in December 2013. Cannane was also the Asian chief executive of the Trust Company, managed funds outsourcing national manager at Link Market Services, operations manager ...

Kim Ivey launches new boutique

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... boutique and building out its investment team. LSL Partners will develop alternative investment products focusing on the Asian region. Its first product, the Fury Fund, is a long/short Asian equity absolute return fund with an expected overweighting ...

Westpac names new Asia-Pacific GM

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018
... Asia-Pacific. In his new role, which is effective immediately, he will relocate to Singapore. Westpac reported a slump in Asian business last year. Asian deposits fell, leading an 18% ($2.6 billion) decline in Westpac's overseas deposits. Overseas loans ...

ANZ considering IPO for subsidiary

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2018
... year. The New Zealand subsidiary is not the only one that ANZ is looking to sell or spin out. The bank is divesting from its Asian retail and wealth business in six countries; its Australian investment and pension business; China's Shanghai Rural Commercial ...

HNWIs give a boost to resurgent art market: Research

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
High-net-worth investors, particularly the growing Asian cohort, have boosted the global art market by 12% after two years of decline. UBS, in partnership with Art Basel, published a report containing macro-level analysis of global art-buying habits ...

China A-shares to disrupt emerging markets strategies: Robeco

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... many investors don't know much about the A-share market, even if they're already exposed to China via emerging markets or Asian equity strategies. She said that once the entire market is included in the MSCI EM Index, China's weighting will eventually ...

Acorns launches its own super product

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... next few months. The restructure also grants Acorns' Australian business an ongoing licence to operate in other Southeast Asian markets, including New Zealand, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.