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Praemium SMAs go global

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
Praemium has added international model portfolios to its suite of separately managed accounts on the back of growing demand from financial advisers and their clients for global diversification. International models from managers including Arnhem Investment ...

Asset management services provider expands to Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
A global brokerage firm has acquired a licence to offer multi-asset investment management services in Australia. Blackwell Global Hong Kong attained a licence via the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission to issue asset management services relating ...

Happier New Year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
"I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you And I think to myself what a wonderful world..." -- Louis Armstrong Yes Virginia, if the strong performance of most major equity markets around the world is any indication, 2018 will ...

FS has you covered in 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
Financial Standard attended all the major industry conferences this year to keep you informed. Chief Economists Forum It may well be Rainmaker's 25th anniversary in 2017, but this year also marked the anniversary of several historic and global economic ...

Former Myer Family Company chief joins $1.1bn manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017
A $1.1 billion fund manager appointed the former general manager of Myer Family Company as its new chief executive. Mathew Browning will take the reins of ethical fund manager, UCA Funds Management, replacing Michael Walsh, who will retire on 28 February ...

Platinum sells $24m Asia stake

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
Platinum Investment Management is selling $24 million worth of shares in its Asia listed investment company, the underlying strategy of which was recently rated as one of the top-performing funds of its ilk by Morningstar. Platinum Asia Investments ...

AMP names new chief risk officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
AMP appointed a former long-serving ANZ executive as the head of risk. Jenny Fagg will succeed Saskia Goedhart as the new chief risk officer effective 9 February 2018. Fagg brings extensive risk management experience across financial services and was ...

AMP Capital launches NZ index products

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
New Zealand retail investors will now have access to three passively-managed AMP Capital funds. The new funds are the All Country Global Shares Index Fund, the NZ Shares Index Fund and the Hedged Global Fixed Interest Index Fund. They track the MSCI ...

DomaCom unitholders approve new trustee

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... proposition for investors and enables them to achieve a tax efficient outcome when investing in property through DomaCom," he said. MSC chief executive Matthew Fletcher added: "MSC is pleased to receive the endorsement from DomaCom Fund unitholders and ...

Long-short performance justifies fees: Zenith

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
New Zenith research suggests that despite the higher premiums charged to investors, the average return produced by long-short funds justifies the cost. Zenith found in the 12 months to September 30, global long-short managers delivered a 2.3% premium ...