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UBS launches ethical ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
UBS Global Asset Management has launched six ETFs aimed at "ethical" investors. The new funds track the MSCI indices that exclude access to tobacco products as well as cluster bombs, landmines, depleted uranium, and chemical and biological weapons. ...

UBS chairman appointed Secretary to the Treasury

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
A former chairman of UBS Global Asset Management has been appointed Secretary to the Treasury. John Fraser occupied the role more than twenty years ago, when Paul Keating was Treasurer. Since then, he has been based in London and worked for the private ...

Financial services Australia's largest industry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
... product, a new report has found. The report, which was commissioned by the Financial Services Council and UBS Global Asset Management, also found that "booming growth" in New South Wales financial services is making that state the fastest growing in ...

Nikko AM adds senior executives to global team

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... Singapore. Lewis has more than 25 years of experience in the financial industry and has worked for UBS Global Asset Management and Towers Perrin (now Towers Watson). He was most recently a partner at Ardevora Asset Management. Charles Allard will be ...

UBS makes three appointments to wholesale sales team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... capability manager. He will have responsibility for the development and marketing of UBS' ETF offering. UBS Global Asset Management head of wholesale sales in Australia, Alistair Dunne said: "We are delighted to be attracting such high calibre candidates ...

UBS launches microcap fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
UBS Global Asset Management has launched the UBS Microcap Fund, which gives investors exposure to microcap companies outside the ASX300. The fund is managed by microcap portfolio manager Joel Fleming and has support from UBS' existing small companies ...

UBS Dynamic Alpha Strategy wins large insto mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
UBS Global Asset Management's Dynamic Alpha Strategy Fund (DAS) has received a $260 million institutional mandate from a unnamed government funds management organisation in Australia. This follows a $400 million institutional superannuation investment ...

Industry marketing leaders receive top MAX Awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... State Street Global Advisors Retirement Lifestyle Solutions Best New Investment Product of the Year UBS Global Asset Management IQ Research Preferred Australian Dividend Fund Best Product Launch of the Year Colonial First State Essential Super MAX Marketer ...

UBS launches farmland investment service

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
UBS Global Asset Management has established an Australia and New Zealand farmland investment advisory service to meet the growing institutional demand for assets, particularly from Asia. The new capability will offer direct farmland ownership and exposure ...

Instos lose chasing high hedge fund returns

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... already a bit long in the tooth." Prior to joining Peak6, Scoby launched and led O'Connor hedge funds at UBS Global Asset Management in the US. He was responsible for more than US$10 billion in assets when he left in 2010. Peak6's Achievement Fund was ...