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Chief economist update: Finding neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... China policy stimulus, a gentler Fed. This brings me back to the up on Wall Street on the last day of trading activity in New York last week which, according to reports was underpinned by Fed vice-chairman Clarida's statement that Fed policy is close ...

Future Fund boosts alternatives assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... (FY17: 12%) and alternatives to 15.3% (FY17: 14.8%) over the course of the 2018 financial year, its annual report shows. New York-based Key Square Capital Management and California-based Clocktower Group were awarded an alternatives mandate to oversee ...

Blockchain can power internal systems: Digital Asset

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... beneficial to be thinking of this type of things internally," she said. Masters is a former JP Morgan banker and now runs New York-based Digital Asset Holdings which is building the blockchain replacement for ASX's CHESS system due to go live in ...

Northern Trust hires chief investment strategist

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... recent role, Sturkenboom was a senior investment strategist at Russell Investments for six years, based in London and then New York. "In that capacity he was directly responsible for the house view on EMEA including economic and market analysis and worked ...

Elon Musk charged with securities fraud

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... another non-traditional form," Avakian said. SEC has filed a complaint with the district court of the Southern District of New York. It is seeking permanent injunction, disgorgement, civil penalties and a bar prohibiting Musk from serving as an officer ...

AMP Capital divests $440m from tobacco

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... tobacco securities by a fund manager in Australia, the manager said. At the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York last night, AMP Capital also signed on to the newly-launched Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge. The pledge urges financial services ...

Industry veterans join global commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
... serve as a co-convenor of the Commission. Launched today at the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research in New York, the Commission will meet several times between September 2018 and July 2019. Commissioners will discuss the financial services ...

Pension funds feel the heat on climate change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... Global; and the Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraites of France also ranked in the top 10. The leading US fund was the New York State Common Retirement Fund which received a AA-rating and ranked third. AODP analyst Felix Nagrawala said the AODP is turning ...

Unlisted property returns surpass equities: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
... overseas investors due to the high income returns compared to those returns in other global gateway cities like London, New York and Tokyo," he said. Based on the latest Russell Investments and ASX long-term investing report, residential investment property ...

Hedge fund industry body promotes Aussie talent

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... return and risk capabilities and strategies for long-short and long-only investment teams across the company. Rew has led New York-based XL Investment Partners' global hedge fund program. He has a PhD in econometrics, and an Msc in finance. He is ...