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Natixis bets on thematic investing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... in Paris. Five of the six founders and owners of the new business are from Pictet Asset Management, a privately-owned European investment manager. Karen Kharmandarian will act as chair and chief investment officer and Mohammed Amor will be managing partner ...

Big banks, super funds join forces for sustainability

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... human wellbeing and social equity while maintaining financial system stability. This new group is modelled after the European Union's High Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance and the UK's Green Finance Taskforce. It will be guided by a steering ...

Chief economist update: Japan should raise taxes another day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... economies including the effects of the two aforementioned factors; negotiations on the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union (EU) and their effects; and geopolitical risks". The same macro-risks every other central across the globe is guarding ...

IFM Investors to open new Europe office

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2019
The $120 billion fund manager is gearing up to open a new European office in the next six months, no matter which way the Brexit deal goes. IFM Investors already has offices in the UK, Berlin and Switzerland. Chief executive Brett Himbury told Financial ...

Former Apple exec links with AMP Capital

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019
... Preising has served the world's most recognisable technology brand for 14 years, after originally joining in 2004 as its European operations director. His time at the Californian tech giant saw him establish its first Middle Eastern office and lead operations ...

IFM Investors acquires super fund-owned port

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
... located at the crossroads of the Baltic deep-sea trading routes, serving as a major gateway into Poland and Central-Eastern European markets. The transaction marks another investment for IFM in a core infrastructure asset in Poland, IFM Investors' global ...

QIC acquires European airport stake

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
QIC has partnered with a Dutch pension giant to acquire 36% of a European airport. The APG-QIC consortium transaction sees the Brisbane-based alternatives manager and the Dutch pension fund investor take a 16.8% interest in the Brussels airport. The ...

Chief economist update: Be fearful when indicators show no fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
... rate is now at neutral. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) shifted its policy stance from tightening to neutral; the European Central Bank (ECB) launched TLTRO III this month (just two months and a bit after ending its â,¬2.6 trillion asset purchase ...

Chief economist update: Breaking up is hard to do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... Going beyond the politics of Brexit, Brexiteers can argue that despite expectations of the UK's divorce from the European Union, Britain's economy continues to do A-OK. Sure, UK GDP growth has slowed but which G7 economy hasn't over the past ...

Chief economist update: Prepare for lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... bps each in 2018 (that's done) and forward guidance for another three this year; policy exit speculations from the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan (BOJ); and, hawkish policy leanings from the Bank of England ("an ongoing tightening ...