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Mercer creates portfolio management lead role

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... Ireland's sovereign wealth fund. He previously held portfolio management roles at Pioneer Investments, which is part of European asset manager Amundi, as well as Incisive Capital Management and DZ Bank Ireland. Mercer also recently named Campbell ...

Chief economist update: Is TLTRO III coming?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
Minutes of the European Central Bank's (ECB) 24-25 October Governing Council meeting confirmed that it remains on track to end its net asset purchases - currently at a monthly pace of €15 billion - by the end of December 2018. No probs here. We've ...

Inside Bennelong and its UK engine room

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... Thomas said, will be for BennBridge to leverage the resources of its Australian parent as well as meet the demand for European investment talent and strategies. Since the business' inception in 2016, BennBridge has talked to more than 200 funds management ...

Swiss manager invests in Queensland solar

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... Partners is an asset manager based in Zurich that invests exclusively in renewable energy infrastructure, investing for the European Investment Bank and pension funds. It has just closed a deal to acquire and finance the construction of a solar plant ...

Macquarie, CFS top Aussie fund manager list

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... (US$2.8tn) completed the top three. More than half (58.1%) of the fund managers analysed were based in North America. European managers held 31.8% of assets managed, of which 7.4% was managed in the UK. Japan held 4.8% of the AUM, while Australia represented ...

BlackRock strengthens real assets team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... renewable power investment team, where he established the manager's $3.1 billion renewable income platform which now has 70 European wind and solar assets. BlackRock head of Australasia Dominik Rohe said in the long term, investing in renewables makes ...

Chief economist update: Super Mario keeps his cool

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
The European Central Bank's (ECB) October 25 Governing Council meeting concluded with a decision that markets widely expected. The ECB left interest rates unchanged - the benchmark refinancing rate at 0%, the marginal lending facility rate at 0.25% ...

IFM Investors expands to Switzerland

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
The $113 billion money manager has opened its third European office to service its large investor base in the region. It has also appointed a manager for the new Zurich-based office. IFM Investors already manages about $710 million on behalf of Swiss ...

Chief economist update: Still the lucky country?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... We're still unsure whether the present "challenges" would morph into something akin to the global financial crisis or the European sovereign debt crisis of recent past, or the Asian currency crisis of the late 1990's. Still, didn't Australia ...

Are ETFs really the next smartphones?

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... assets under management to US$2.5 billion ($3.5bn) in less than 18 months. In February, the asset manager launched its European version and it has grown 300% since inception to US$135 million ($189m). He hinted this evolution is also driven by market ...