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Industry fund named top employer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... better outcome for our members and employer partners." Kincentric head of culture and engagement for Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa Stephen Hickey congratulated the fund for its achievement. "The Best Employers program recognises the outstanding ...

Westpac admits to failures

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... deficient. Those deficiencies, it alleges, meant the bank failed to carry out due diligence on customers sending money to South East Asia in circumstances where there was a known child exploitation risk. It is alleged that Westpac breached the Anti-Money ...

Fidante adds to London office

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... institutional client solutions team in the London office. Duffain was most recently the head of European distribution at East Lodge Capital Partners covering sales to European and Australian institutional investors. In her new role, she will be tasked ...

Prodigy boutique to continue

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... Management. Prodigy was an 80/20 joint venture with Euroz, which was looking to expand its funds management presence to the east coast. Tucker was a director of Euroz-owned fund manager Westoz Investment Company when the JV came about.

Emerging markets weather varied COVID-19 storms

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... sectors. Digital payments is an area of opportunity, Grana and Culley said, not only in China but also in Africa and the Middle East. While countries struggle to battle the coronavirus, the portfolio managers warned debt could end up working in opposition ...

Property takes $237m hit

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
Total property sales across the country have dropped at least 30% after COVID-19 cases started increasing in March, with sales down $237 million compared to the same period last year. Total sales in Sydney have dropped 79% (-$454 million), while sales ...

COVID-19 to lead to deglobalisation: Amundi

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... challenges as well as their developed counterparts, Amundi said. "After the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak in China and East Asia, and the second wave in Western Europe and North America, a third wave now looks to be building in several EM and frontier ...

The domino effect: Oil falls, markets follow

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... businesses," Craig said. "Low oil prices will also put pressure on commodity-exporting emerging markets, such as Russia, the Middle East and Latin America. However, this benefits importers in Asia, especially India, whose current account deficit position ...

Wall Street surges as Sanders drops out, Wuhan reopens

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
News that Wuhan, the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic, has now opened for business saw Wall Street surge overnight, with the S&P 500 once again entering bull market territory. From its March 23 lows, the S&P 500 has surged 23%, signifying the end ...

Prodigy folds, two boutiques to shut

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... February end. Prodigy was an 80/20 joint venture with Euroz, which was looking to expand its funds management presence to the east coast. Tucker was a director of Euroz-owned fund manager Westoz Investment Company when the JV came about. Euroz expects ...