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Northern Trust hires chief investment strategist

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... for designing, implementing and communicating global investment strategy for the firm's investors, across Europe, Middle East Africa (EMEA) and Asia-Pacific region. Sturkenboom will report to Northern Trust's chief investment strategist Jim McDonald. ...

OPEC is not to blame

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... gone up by 21.8% and WTI oil by 19.3%. Recall that a few days before Trump tweeted: "We protect the countries of the Middle East, they would not be safe for very long without us, and yet they continue to push for higher and higher oil prices! We will ...

Family office invests in absolute return fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
... insurance, and capital funding and commercial loans to high-net-worth (HNW) executives, professionals and entrepreneurs in south-east Asia. It is an independent financial advisory company and was incorporated this year. The investment takes the fund's ...

Easton buys SMSF service provider

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2018
Easton Investments has acquired a company which authorises accountants to provide SMSF advice services. The SMSF Expert has a limited AFSL and runs a subscription-based model, providing dealer services including compliance, training, technical support ...

Big-spending retirees live in Melbourne: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
... spending retirees, Milliman analysis shows. Retirees living in the wealthy enclaves of Armadale, Prahran, Windsor, South Yarra East and Toorak or Stonnington West spend $56,711 per year - two-thirds more than the national average of $33,943. Meanwhile ...

AMP names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
... of speculation. Francesco De Ferrari will take the helm from 1 December 2018. He was most recently chief executive, South East Asia and Frontier Markets at Credit Suisse, as well as head of private banking APAC. De Ferrari will succeed acting chief executive ...

T. Rowe Price names new APAC distribution head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... will commence in the role on 1 January 2019. Trueman replaces Keller who was recently named head of GIMS for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Trueman has been with T. Rowe Price for 11 years, having previously held roles with AXA Rosenberg Investment ...

Global pension fund injects $500m into Aussie real estate debt

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
A Canadian pension fund managing more than C$350 billion made its first Australian real estate debt investment with a $19 billion local asset manager. CPPIB Credit Investments - a subsidiary of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board - injected $500 ...

Industry expert joins SMSFA board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
... tenure. Sydney-based Shorte has 27 years' experience in financial services, having worked in Ireland, the UK and the Middle East before moving to Australia in 2001. Shorte has worked in banking, insurance, accounting and financial planning before establishing ...

Aviva Investors appoints Asia institutional sales head

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... southeast Asia. Clapham will report to Scott Callander, who is Aviva Investors head of client solutions, Asia Pacific and Middle East. "[Clapham] has an outstanding track record and an in-depth understanding of institutional needs across the region ...