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Pinnacle hires retail distribution lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
... 23% on the prior corresponding period. During a busy six months, Pinnacle shut Reminiscent Capital, a discretionary Asian macro strategy, and completed its acquisition of a 25% equity interest in private equity firm Five V Capital.

Inflation to hit ASX returns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
According to new quantitative analysis, higher inflation in Australia is set to have a negative impact for ASX investors. SigTech, a quantitative technology company, provided analysis on how various inflation levels over the past 50 years have impacted ...

Pinnacle folds boutique

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022
... Management shuttered one of its affiliates just two years after it acquired a stake. Reminiscent Capital, a discretionary Asian macro strategy, folded in November 2021, resulting in a $1.8 million write off. Pinnacle hoped that Reminiscent would provide ...

Macquarie AM reveals outlook for 2022

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
Macquarie Asset Management has revealed the key themes set to shape the investment landscape and performance of key asset classes in 2022. The report, titled Outlook 22, reflects on the significant changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, and ...

Life insurers to embrace risky assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
Life insurers will take on more risks and shun safe-haven assets in a bid to bump up returns in 2022. Australian life insurers are tipped to shed their conservative nature this year amid a tough macroeconomic environment, according to bfinance. Many ...

Investors dig deeper for alternative assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
... accommodation, and senior living are among the sub-sectors that investors will target in 2022 amid the pandemic and other macro trends like ageing populations, e-commerce, and rising wealth, the Alternatives in 2022 report finds. In Australia, Preqin ...

Future Fund hires chief economist

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
... the fund's economic team and have a primary focus on providing strategic advice, analysis and insights on relevant global macro-economic issues and opportunities to the agency and the Board of Guardians. Johnston spent the last 17 years at Wellington ...

Scariest themes for investors revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021
... Conference. The survey revealed more than 50% of investment managers attending were adopting defensive positions against a fragile macro environment, with China front and centre as the largest threat to global growth in their minds. It also found 80% ...

Hyperion Asset Management builds out team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
... Alexandra Clarke was appointed as general executive, joining from ClearView Wealth where she was a senior investment and macro research analyst and contributed to asset allocation and multi-asset portfolios. Clarke previously spent eight years at the ...

Federated Hermes releases strategy globally

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021
... corporate and quasi-sovereign securities in emerging markets and uses a top-down and bottom-up analysis to assess the global macro environment, country and security selection. London-based Mohammed Elmi and Pittsburgh-based Jason DeVito are lead portfolio ...