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Global trading platform opens Sydney office

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
Institutional trading platform firm Tourmaline Partners is opening an office in Sydney and will be led by two former Northern Trust executives. James Santo and Neil Hetherington were appointed as managing directors of Tourmaline's Australian operations ...

Citi veteran joins forces with listed equities manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
A long-serving Citi employee has become the deputy chief executive of a listed Australian equities investment company as part of the latter's succession plan. Newly-minted Milton Corporation deputy chief Brendan O'Dea joined Citi in 1995 as an internal ...

Mercer increases Japanese footprint via acquisition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... implementation capabilities. Mercer's powerful resources will further empower our ability to deliver quality client solutions across Japan - which remains our highest priority," Kawana said. Mercer said that the demand for new thinking around investment ...

Chief economist update: Bond sell bomb shell

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
Bill Gross - known as the "king of bonds" - has recently dropped a bombshell, or in this case, a bond sell. The Financial Times reports that: "The Janus Henderson manager said the $2.2bn Global Unconstrained Bond Fund has taken a short position on Treasuries ...

Same old same old from the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
While the Fed lifted interest rates at its final meet for 2017, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) followed the others - ECB, BOE, SNB - in keeping the status quo this side of the New Year. And like the rest of 'em, it's optimistic over the Japanese economy's ...

Platinum sells $24m Asia stake

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
Platinum Investment Management is selling $24 million worth of shares in its Asia listed investment company, the underlying strategy of which was recently rated as one of the top-performing funds of its ilk by Morningstar. Platinum Asia Investments ...

America is full

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
There is nothing in the November US labour numbers to stop the Fed from delivering its "promised" third rate hike finale for 2017 this week. US employment increased by 228K in November following a 244K gain in October. This is greater than market expectations ...

Japan on reverse cycle?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... Japan. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won by landslide at the 22 October 2017 general elections, ensuring that sitting Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Haruhiko Kuroda will be re-appointed when his term expires on 8 April 2018. All up, these means the continuity ...

China trade deficit with Australia widens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... billion in October). China recorded trade deficits with Taiwan (US$10.4 billion in October), South Korea (US$7.0 billion) and Japan (US$2.0 billion).

AXA IM appoints APAC lead for real assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
AXA Investment Managers' real assets division appointed a head of Asia Pacific, having identified the region as key for the firm's geographical expansion. Currently serving as European head of transactions, Laurent Jacquemin has been promoted to lead ...