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US investment giant buys La Trobe Financial

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
Melbourne-based La Trobe Financial, one of the largest non-bank lenders in the country, struck a landmark deal with New York-based private equity giant Blackstone. In a deal announced this morning, Blackstone has taken an 80% stake in the privately-owned ...

Industry rolls out anti-sexual harassment ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... the workplace is due to launch in early 2018. The Impact Shares YWCA Women's Empowerment ETF, which will list on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker code WOMN, is a collaboration between index provider Equileap and Dallas-based investment manager ...

Janus Henderson sends 100 staff to custodian

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... administration and fund accounting. One-hundred JHG employees will transition over to BNP Paribas as part of the change. In a New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) statement, JHG said the outsourced model will provide a single and consistent global platform ...

Goldman Sachs names new raft of managing directors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... director, securities division Sam Watkins have been named as new managing directors of the Australian business. Offshore, New York-based Australians Stuart Beer, Nick Smith and Keith Wetzel were also promoted, along with London-based Duncan Stewart. ...

BTIM delivers record profit despite fee pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... expansion of operations in the area that included sales and compliance staff in Boston and a multi-asset investments team in New York. "It's interesting because if you look at the US, more than anywhere else, so much of the flows have been going into ...

Former Lehman Brothers chief unveils new asset manager

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... Capital Group will be led by Fuld alongside Neuberger Berman veterans Matthew Rubin and Justin Gaines. In addition to its New York office, the firm is also expanding in Los Angeles and Palm Beach, Florida. Fuld said Matrix was launched in response to ...

Boutique investment bank expands in Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... employee-owned investment bank. It specialises in mergers and acquisitions in the financial services sector is headquartered in New York. The bank also has partners in London, San Francisco, Denver, Philadelphia and now Sydney.

Financial services firms eye machine learning

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... that incorporates "fairly complicated statistical models" by using optimisation techniques to fit certain parameters. New York-based Mann, who was recently in Sydney, told Financial Standard that different organisations are at different levels of maturity ...

Macquarie wins $50m small cap mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... total Australian and New Zealand assets under management to more than $5 billion. Based in the UK with offices in London, New York, Singapore and Sydney, Colchester specialises in value-oriented investments in global sovereign bonds and currency.

Macquarie Atlas Roads farewells chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... Hooke has been in his role with MIC since 2009 prior to which he worked with MIRA's global infrastructure business in New York and held roles with Fairfax Media, Bain & Company and Phillips Fox Solicitors. Commenting on his appointment, Hooke said: "I ...