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Asset management business models need a rethink: panel

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... and compared the sector with Australia's banking community. Responding to a question from the audience on how asset managers would adopt new technologies given their historically slow uptake, Scholfield said asset managers would be forced to move ...

AMP divests life business

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... wealth protection assets under management. AMP Capital will also join Resolution Life's global panel of preferred asset managers.

New Pinnacle affiliate to manage Blue Sky LIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... LIC Alterum Investment Management will have a multi-manager mandate where it will look for "best of the breed" asset managers in the alternatives space for AMF's assets. It will add private debt and infrastructure investment opportunities to AMF's ...

Liquidnet appoints Australia head

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
... of Chi-x's director for institutional sales. Liquidnet executes trades for buy-side traders from Australian asset managers as well as global firms investing in the Australian markets. Weidenhofer has more than 20 years' experience in financial ...

Diversification mandates lead the way: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... of 2018 saw a decline in risk appetite. It said wariness persisted through the second quarter, "although multi-asset managers appear to be remaining overweight growth assets." It said emerging markets - particularly equity and debt, private debt, real ...

What do future asset managers look like?

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... and benchmark aligned returns," Willcox said. "Portfolio construction will become more dynamic and customised and asset managers of the future will need to provide these capabilities to clients. We are striking solutions for these partnerships." His ...

Global manager sells local boutique stake

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
... retained a bronze rating for Celeste. Pacific Current Group is a multi-boutique asset management firm with 16 boutique asset managers globally.

Link expands in Europe

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2018
... the firm's growth strategy, which targets key European markets. Link added the expansion would present Australian asset managers with opportunities to expand their operations through new offshore distribution channels. Chris Addenbrooke, chief executive ...

Confidence remains in face of regulatory headwinds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
Increased regulation is the biggest challenge facing asset managers today, followed closely by rising costs and decreased profit margins. Despite such headwinds, confidence in the ability to perform remains high, latest research shows. According to ...

CCIV draws mixed reception: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... planning to ramp up cross-border strategies in the next five years, State Street research shows. Of the 250 global asset managers canvassed in the 2018 Fund Strategy Survey, 64% plan to launch cross-border products and strategies in the next five years. ...