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Sean Fenton back with Sage Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
The well-known fund manager is back with two Aussie equities strategies totaling $3 billion in capacity at his new boutique, after resigning from the Tribeca Alpha Plus fund earlier in the year. Sage Capital, led by former Tribeca portfolio manager ...

IPOs fewer but performing well

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
Fewer companies sought to list on the ASX in the first half of the year but IPO investors were rewarded well on the listing day, according to HLB Mann Judd's biannual IPO report. Only 23 companies listed in the six months to June, raising $823 million. ...

Industry bodies react to APRA review

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
Several industry associations have responded to APRA's Capability Review as many weighed in on how the recommendations can improve the superannuation sector. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees head of advocacy Ailsa Goodwin said ...

Irish pension funds reduce equity exposure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... Santamaria said: "While 2019 has so far been marked by cautious optimism, investors need to remain vigilant in an ever-evolving macro-economic and political backdrop. In the past year, Irish pension funds have reduced their exposure to equities, diversifying ...

Investment bank names new APAC markets head

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... role, Pecot is responsible for driving and leading the Asia Pacific markets business which focuses on credit, equities and macro in markets including Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and India. Pecot joined Barclays in 2018 as head of equities, where he was ...

Clime ramps up private wealth

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
Clime Investment Management is looking to hire more financial advisers, expand its investment offering and potentially acquire advice books as it builds out its private wealth business. The 23-year-old firm managed $887 million at March end. It has ...

Yarra hires head of macro, strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... equities teams. Tim Toohey will work closely with Yarra on financial markets outlook and asset allocation, as its new head of macro and strategy. Toohey spent 15 years at Goldman Sachs as the chief economist and head of macro strategy ANZ. During this ...

Frontier expands business, hires five

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
Frontier Advisors has bolstered its consulting teams with five new hires in a bid to grow the firm. Paul Tulloch will join the alternatives and derivatives research team as a senior consultant after spending eight years as a derivatives trader with ...

Advisers wary of unlisted assets: Sunsuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... the UK. He emphasised the defensive qualities of these kinds of investments - saying they are unlikely to be impacted by macro-economic factors or even geo-political turns of events. Sunsuper head of private markets Michael Weaver added: "Look, these ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... US$0.7185. It has weakened by 1.7% this year to date. The thing is, free-floating currencies adjust to reflect relative macro-economic fundamentals - a characteristic (and design) of their equilibrium-restoring function. Central banks in slowing economies ...