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AI and avatars set to alter wealth management

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
The latest innovation in banking and wealth management involves a New Zealand artificial intelligence firm, one of UBS' regional chief investment officers and IBM. UBS has partnered with New Zealand AI company FaceMe to produce a digital version ...

VanEck ETF receives ethical tick

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
A VanEck ETF has been given one of the highest ethical ratings by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). VanEck's MSCI International Sustainable Equity ETF (ESGI) was certified 'ethical' by RIAA according to the strict ...

Parametric expands alternative risk premia offering

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... and carry. Parametric's strategy can be applied to equities, bonds, currency and commodities markets. Parametric Australasia chief executive Chris Briant said the SARP strategy uses a systems-based model to safeguard trades from psychological biases ...

Perpetual names interim chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
... president of account management and analytics of institutional trust services, and one year as head of that business for Australasia. Commenting on his resignation, Lloyd said: "We have both fixed and growth the business. Perpetual is a profitable and ...

Responsible investment now mainstream

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... committed. It's also become a leading indicator of segment performance differentials. Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) in association with Amundi Asset Management has just released its 2018 Super Fund Responsible Investment Benchmark ...

Parametric wins $60m global equities mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
... always looking to find fresh ways to improve member returns, and the TMI strategy reflects this approach." Paramatric Australasia chief executive Chris Briant added: "To be recognised by ACSRF for our after-tax and implementation skills was important ...

BlackRock names new head of iShares Australia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... BlackRock in 2012 in Europe, prior to which he worked at J.P. Morgan and UBS. He will report directly to BlackRock head of Australasia Dominik Rohe and Susan Chan, head of iShares and index investing, Asia-Pacific. Commenting on the appointment, Rohe ...

Bank distribution head goes green

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
The former head of distribution at Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has taken a new role at an ethical investment manager. David Brennan has joined UCA Funds Management as director - development, adding more than 12 years' experience in financial services. ...

Former Janus exec to lead APAC distribution for US hedge fund

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
The former head of Australasia at Janus Capital is taking the Asia Pacific distribution reins at a US$58 billion Los Angeles-based hedge fund manager. John Landau will join Causeway Capital Management and build out its Asia Pacific distribution footprint ...

Thought leadership: Building portfolios for market crises

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... about what you're doing relative to the market," Walker says. READ: Building portfolios for market crises Morningstar Australasia senior analyst Kunal Kotwal says investor reaction times to market crises are critical to returns and the wrong choice made ...