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Aberdeen Standard launches AI-powered global equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
Aberdeen Standard Investments launched a new fund that uses active quantitative strategies powered by machine learning to identify sources of potential returns. Launched in Luxembourg, the Aberdeen Global (AG) Artificial Intelligence Global Equity SICAV ...

Global equities fund purges tobacco, fossil fuels

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... criteria. Vontobel Australia and New Zealand has elected to rid its flagship product, the $298 million Vontobel global equity fund of its holdings in tobacco and carbon-based energy products. This includes coal and consumable fuels, oil and gas refining ...

BNP Paribas AM sells Arnhem stake, appoints new investment manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
... its 40% stake in Arnhem Investment Management ahead of the fund manager's closure, with the Arnhem Australian Equity Fund to be transferred to a specialist wholesale investor. On July 27, the fund's responsible entity Equity Trustees notified ...

Mirae Asset Management hires distribution head

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... was a Russell Investments portfolio strategist and S&P Fund Services consultant. Mirae offers its Asia Sector Leader Equity Fund, and the Asia Great Consumer Equity Fund in Australia. The hire takes Mirae's Australian team to five employees. This ...

Family offices maintain equity allocations: Study

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
Latest research shows less than one-third of family offices are using quantitative models to determine asset class allocations and position sizes. At the same time, equity allocations remain unchanged. These are the key takeaways from the most recent ...

Investor interest in long-short strategies surging: Zenith

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
The amount invested in Zenith-rated long-short Australian equity strategies surged 43% in the 12 months to March as investors steer portfolios through a prolonged bull run with concerns for a market correction in the future. Over a four-year period ...

Sydney asset manager hires director

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
A $5.3 billion global manager which acts as the responsible entity for several ASX-listed funds is seeing a change in its board positions. Walsh & Company Investments director Tristan O'Connell is stepping down to focus on activities in the Evans ...

Mercantile takeover of private equity fund moves ahead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
Mercantile OFM is moving towards the acquisition of all shares in a private equity-focused listed investment company (LIC). In an announcement to the ASX, IPE directors unanimously recommended shareholders accept the offer in the absence of a superior ...

Sydney boutique shutters

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
... since opening its doors in late 2013. Tempo clients and staff were notified in April and its four-year-old Global Equity Fund was removed from the ASX's mFund service in June. Tempo also offered a $9.3 million global currency strategy which returned ...

Former Magellan research head joins boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... boutique business Fidante. She joins Jonas Palmqvist, Lachlan MacGregor and Jeff Thomson in managing the Alphinity Global Equity Fund. "Thomas, with her deep experience, analytical skills and sharp decision making ability is a terrific addition to our ...