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J.P. Morgan appoints new local chief

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
J.P. Morgan has appointed a new chief executive for its business in Australia and New Zealand, as the incumbent moves into an APAC role. Robert Bedwell is taking the top job after working as the head of sales and marketing. Bedwell moves into the role ...

Melbourne boutique hires portfolio manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
A $2.5 billion Melbourne-based boutique has hired a new portfolio manager from a family office as it builds out its global capability. Ben Wang will work on Jamieson Coote Bonds' Global Bond Fund which opened to Aussie investors earlier this month ...

Natixis bets on thematic investing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
Natixis Investment Managers is set to add a new affiliate that will run thematic strategies including artificial intelligence, robotics, water and safety. Thematics Asset Management will start operating under the Natixis IM banner in the second quarter ...

India Avenue fund distribution boosted

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2019
The India Avenue equity fund is now available across three of Australia's fastest growing investment platforms. Clients and advisers managing and advising on superannuation assets on HUB24, Netwealth and Powerwrap can now gain exposure to Indian equities ...

AMP scraps bonuses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
AMP will no longer be awarding incentives for leadership teams. Meanwhile, former executives have forfeited long and short term incentives and fees paid to board directors have been reduced. In its 2018 annual report chairman David Murray wrote: "The ...

Chief economist update: Breaking up is hard to do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
"They say that breaking up is hard to do, now I know, I know that it's true..." - Neil Sedaka. This song must be playing in UK prime minister Theresa May's head - it should as it did in mine - when a second round of voting in the House of Commons ...

Jamieson Coote Bonds introduces global fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
Fixed income specialist Jamieson Coote Bonds is officially introducing its global fund to Australian investors following its initial seeding in early 2018. The CC JCB Global Bond Fund has an investible universe which includes global sovereigns, semi-government ...

AXA IM acquires three Sydney hotels

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
AXA Investment Managers' real assets business has bought three hotels in Sydney's Olympic Park and one in Canberra's CBD as part of a $330 million acquisition. Novotel, Ibis and Pullman sit close to each other at Olympic Park which is home to ANZ Stadium ...

Perfect storm smashes AMP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
AMP suffered a 97% profit drop in 2018 and it's flagging a reshaped financial advice network into 2019. AMP recorded statutory net profit of $28 million last year, but the result is worth 3% of its 2017 full-year profit of $848 million. Discussing ...

Royal Commission dampens superannuation success

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
Findings from the banking Royal Commission has overshadowed Australia's superannuation system scoring the top spot in a global study of pension markets. Willis Towers Watson and the Thinking Ahead Institute named Australia as the number one pension ...