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NZ Super Fund hires asset allocation head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... addition, he has held academic roles in economics and corporate finance at the University of Melbourne, University of British Columbia, Macquarie University and University of Sydney. In April, Joe Halapua was promoted to the role of manager of NZ equities. ...

BlackRock wins monumental mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
... schemes in the UK. BlackRock will be the outsourced chief investment officer (OCIO) for $39.9 billion (£21.5 billion) of British Airways Pensions' assets. The mandate is for the investment management of Airways Pension Scheme (APS) and New Airways ...

Chief economist update: The UK's going OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
... interest rates by the middle next year, recently given prominence by BOE policymaker Gertjan Vlieghe's remarks that the British central bank could lift rates as soon as the first half of 2022 but only if the unemployment rate doesn't pick up ...

Active funds quell passive flows

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... They accounted for two fifths of the inflows to active global funds in the last two years," the report read, noting that British investors are by far the most enthusiastic adopters. However, passive ESG funds are also on the rise even though they are ...

Ignition Advice enters UK market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... are further localising all products for the UK market, over layering UK FCA regulatory standards to meet the needs of British clients." David Hempson will join the company as its new business development director UK where he will launch and lead Ignition's ...

Chief economist update: COVID with a vengeance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... 2021 - almost double the 33,500 peak in the second wave and exponentially more than 7900 top in the first. So far, the British currency's reaction has been relatively muted. Sterling's effective exchange rate has depreciated by 2.5% in 2020 -because ...

QMV hires technology lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... Jonathan held senior business development and general management roles at legal firm King & Wood Mallesons in Melbourne and British Telecom in the United Kingdom. For the first 10 years of his career, Clamp was a qualified lawyer, having worked seven ...

Chief economist update: An extra mile for a deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... mile' to thrash out Brexit deal". However, the paper's sub-heading indicates that a deal remains far and away, "British negotiators stay on in Brussels but PM says two sides still 'very far apart' on key issues" - level playing field ...

Hastings founder launches new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... performance fee above a benchmark of CPI plus 4%. Hastings Funds Management was formerly owned by Westpac. It was bought by British asset manager Northill Capital in late 2017, who rebranded it to Vantage Infrastructure in April 2018. The sale followed ...

Pendal profits tumble 25%

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... the year (including the Westpac money). This along with unfavorable currency movements of $2.3 billion as US dollar and British pound impacted its FUM. However, inflows started to pick up between July and September, totaling $1.2 billion. "The numbers ...