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Aberdeen beefs up local distribution team

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
Aberdeen Asset Management has added an investment specialist to its distribution team. Josh Hall joins the fund manager from AMP Capital where he was senior product solutions manager for two and a half years. Hall has a range of experience in Australian ...

Aberdeen launches $700m liquid alternatives fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
Aberdeen Asset Management has launched its $700 million Aberdeen Alternative Strategies Fund (AASF). By using what Aberdeen described as an "Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) regulated investment structure," the ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... that had fallen over the last two decades have started to increase, a sign that the measures pushed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and implemented by Japan's Central Bank are beginning to make progress. While some would say that Japan's economic transition ...

Henderson reveals costs of Australian acquisitions

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
Henderson Global Investors has revealed the initial costs of acquiring 90 West and two Perennial businesses in Australia. The manager's half year report shows that the total cost of acquiring the remaining 58.6% stake in 90 West was $12.2 million. Henderson ...

GFC recovery only tentative

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
Global markets should be asking themselves whether they should have done better in recovery almost eight years after the global financial crisis (GFC), according to Aberdeen Asset Management head of fixed income Nick Bishop. Speaking at a recent Australian ...

China impossible to ignore for asset managers

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
Vanguard Asia-Pacific head of investment strategy group, Jeffrey Johnson, said China is a market that is impossible for investors to ignore despite its economy continuing to slow. Speaking at an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ...

Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
The biggest industry moves this week are QSuper's executive search following chief executive Rosemary Vilgan's departure and Peters MacGregor's marquee hire. QSuper seeks new CEO, Vilgan departs - Rosemary Vilgan will leave QSuper in October after 27 ...

Peters MacGregor makes marquee hire

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
Peters MacGregor Capital Management has appointed a head of distribution from Aberdeen Asset Management. Alex Haynes will manage the firm's relationships with direct investors, financial planners and institutional investors. Haynes was Aberdeen Asset ...

FSC revamps board, policy team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has appointed State Street head of Asia Pacific to its board and confirmed that chief economist James Bond has left the organisation. State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) head of Asia Pacific, Lochiel Crafter, is ...

MAX Award winners named

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
The best and brightest financial services marketing, advertising and sales professionals were recognised at the MAX Awards in Sydney last night. At a gala dinner at the conclusion of the MAX Forum at Doltone House, professionals from the superannuation ...