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PIMCO a hit with Aussie instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... amount in institutional mandates at $1.6 billion for the period. The two investing giants have found different areas of focus; PIMCO got most of its insto inflows from its international fixed interest capabilities, while BlackRock's Australian fixed ...

Boutique fund manager chief retires

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... joined the boutique in May 2015 as its chief operating officer, as founder Peter Cooper and his investment team looked to focus on investing. "We are undertaking a search for a replacement," a spokesperson said. Schubert has since taken on a non-executive ...

US private investment firm appoints first Aussie partner

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... from a broad range of industries. It comes after Bain Capital's co-head Ed Han left the private equity firm last year to focus his attention on the US, leaving Murphy to lead the Australian team on his own. Han shifted from managing director to senior ...

Crestone bolsters team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... Crestone head of advisory Michael Tritton said: "Delivering the best investment-led offering for clients was instrumental; a focus on client outcomes, an owner-operated partnership, a well-resourced CIO team, some of the best strategic relationships ...

Franklin Templeton veteran readies two funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... running since 2001 and a long-only equities fund, which has been running since 2004. Both funds are managed with a value focus and are benchmark agnostic. The portfolio managers are Mark Holowesko and Sean Farrington who left Franklin Templeton around ...

Chief economist update: Aussie Black Friday spend will end Saturday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... cynicism but in its bid to remain in government - has all but ditched its commitment to a budget surplus. "The surplus is of no focus for me whatsoever. What matters to me is the human cost and meeting whatever cost we need to meet," Prime Minister Scott ...

Platform ends year with hiring spree

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
An ASX-listed platform ended 2019 with a raft of new hires, including additions to the board of its superannuation offering. Xplore Wealth appointed Karen Machovsky as project governance and change management head and Durand Oliver as state distribution ...

Industry veteran set to launch new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
An industry veteran is gearing up to launch a new fund next week, focusing on Australian equities. Julia Lee, founder and chief investment officer of Burman Invest, left her role at Bell Direct after 11 years at the end of 2019 to launch her new business ...

Chief economist update: Missing the burning forests for the surplus tree

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... year of budget deficit) comes at a mammoth cost to lives, families, properties, wildlife and nature. "The surplus is of no focus for me whatsoever. What matters to me is the human cost and meeting whatever cost we need to meet". Sure, sure. This is what ...

YBR exits wealth, sells for $2.5 million

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
Mark Bouris' Yellow Brick Road is shuttering its wealth business to focus on mortgages, entering into a sale agreement for a sum of approximately $2.5 million. YBR Wealth's share of rights to the recurring revenue streams derived from its wealth advice ...