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Arnhem portfolio manager departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
... partners George Clapham and Neil Boyd-Clark, and replaced Arnhem as delegated investment manager of the Arnhem Australian Equity Fund. Since then, Arnhem's head of distribution Samuel Stobart and senior institutional business development manager Natalie ...

Instant asset write off extended

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
Financial advice and planning businesses are set to receive a boost with the extension of the Federal Government's $20,000 instant asset write off legislation passing through the Senate. Part of the Government's economic agenda to introduce tax cuts ...

Federal oversight of financial services sector clarified

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
The Federal Government has confirmed who will be responsible for the financial services sector, including responding to the Royal Commission. Despite the ongoing Royal Commission and continued uncertainty within the sector, last month's Liberal ...

CCIV draws mixed reception: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
Australia's Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle (CCIV) initiative received mixed responses from the global asset management community planning to ramp up cross-border strategies in the next five years, State Street research shows. Of the 250 ...

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 ...