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Class appoints chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
Class appointed a new chief executive to replace Kevin Bungard. Andrew Russell will join the SMSF administration and accounting software provider as managing director and chief executive in early May 2019. He was most recently executive general manager ...

InvestSense hires head of adviser solutions

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
InvestSense recently appointed the former head of distribution at Russell Investments as the director and head of adviser solutions. Paul Carrington spent 13 years at Russell Investments and prior to that worked as a financial adviser at Carrington ...

Chief economist update: The Fed pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
... action has had a positive market response. The Dow's up 1.8%; S&P 500's up 1.6%, the Nasdaq's up 2.2% and the Russell 2000's up 1.1%. Optimism is back! This is sure to reverberate around the globe, triggering rebounds in consumer spending ...

Fund managers embrace China exposure: Zenith

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... indices, a move that was well-received by global investors seeking improved access to Chinese stocks. In the same year FTSE Russell announced it promoted China A-Shares to emerging market status. From June 2019, they will be included in FTSE Russell's ...

FTSE Russell expands ESG research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
FTSE Russell formed a global ESG research partnership with Sustainalytics, as investors demand ESG integration within their strategies. The partnership will allow the firm to develop a new set of ESG indexes, with Sustainalytics' ESG risk ratings research ...

CFS retail sales lead joins global boutique

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... he was national manager of alliances for four years. He also previously held roles with Asgard, BT Financial Group and Russell Investments. A spokesperson for Colonial First State confirmed that Abernethy departed the business in late October. CFS state ...

Why indexing is big business

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... companies benchmarked against the Index Industry Association (IIA) estimate of 3.3 million indices - about 70 times more. FTSE Russell managing director of global markets research Philip Lawlor says the role of the index provider is changing shape rapidly ...

Chief economist update: Powell Power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... a result, US benchmark equity indices dropped in the month of October - S&P 500 (-6.9%); DJIA (-5.1%); Nasdaq (-9.2%); Russell 2000 (-10.9) - pulling down stock market indices around the world with them. But hey, today is a different day - it's a ...

Chief economist update: Thanks for nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... Street's benchmark equity indices are now in the red for the year - S&P 500 down 1.2% year-to-date; DJIA down 1%; Russell 2000 down 4.3%. The Nasdaq remains on the plus side, but only just - up 0.08% - and another down day could tip it into the minus ...

Morningstar IM appoints regional chief investment officer

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... role, was formerly AMP Capital Investors' head of investment solutions in the multi-asset group. Prior to this, he was Russell Investment Group's director of consulting for APAC for seven years. New Australian Unity hire Morningstar IM Australia has ...