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CFS partners to create ESG fixed income fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... be deployed, without compromising on risk or returns. "Our strategic partnerships are with highly specialised global investment managers that enable exclusive access to a broader suite of funds and we are delighted to be bringing the Affirmative Global ...

Venerable US manager eyes Australian expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
A US-based global investment manager with about $226 billion in assets is opening its first Australian office. American Century Investments, established in 1958, has expanded into Sydney and appointed Michelle Kidd as vice president, institutional advisory ...

ANU to recalibrate divestment policy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... to implement the strategy with investment managers. IIn January 2018 the finance committee appointed several global investment mandates. "During 2017 the university undertook a process to move to segregated mandates for the overseas equity portfolio," ...

CFSGAM prepares IPO, names board candidates

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... strategic review from its parent bank. Commonwealth Bank announced this afternoon it had completed the review of its global investment management business and determined it would pursue an IPO - a move which was flagged in September 2017. "In making ...

BTFG platform and investment expert resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
BT Financial Group announced its general manager of platforms and investments will leave after 14 years with the firm. It has also appointed NAB's general manager of retail platforms to the role. John Shuttleworth managed BTFG's platforms business since ...

Praemium expands global SMA offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
Praemium SMA enhanced its suite of international model portfolios with the addition of a Franklin Templeton offering. The Franklin Concentrated Global Equity ex Australia Portfolio is now available to investors via the platform. It enables investment ...

Top industry fund bets on DNA sequencing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
Hostplus has joined global investment giants backing a UK-based DNA sequencer, placing $27.5 million in the technology company behind the product. Oxford Nanopore Technologies says it makes the world's only handheld DNA/RNA sequencing devices. Other ...

Asset managers gearing for growth in 2018

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... Germany and the UK, with India moving into the top five. Australia dropped from 10th place to 11th as a preferred global investment hub over the next 12 months. The survey noted asset and wealth managers' fees are under intense pressure, particularly ...

Macquarie IM acquires equities specialist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
... our existing high-conviction equity strategies, and we believe Macquarie's multi-boutique equity structure and global investment platform will provide a natural fit for the ValueInvest team," he said. Founded in 1998, ValueInvest comprises 17 investment ...

Chief economist update: The risks just got real

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... trade barriers and regulatory realignments, in the context of these negotiations or elsewhere, would weigh on global investment and reduce production efficiency, exerting a drag on potential growth in advanced, emerging market, and developing economies. ...