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Fed's pause becomes the ECB's problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
"Patient and flexible". These are the two words the US Federal Reserve has us mulling over with regards to the conduct of its monetary policy over the course of 2019. How patient and flexible? The CME FedWatch Tool puts the probability of the fed funds ...

CFS tops up Morgan Stanley mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
Colonial First State has topped up a Morgan Stanley mandate, as it fine-tunes the fixed interest exposures in its employer super's lifestage options. Morgan Stanley's Total Return Strategy is now managing $134 million for the FirstChoice Employer ...

Ausbil ESG strategy advances

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 JAN 2019
Ausbil's in-house ESG research team has matured to the point where it's leading investment strategy creation and attracting a wider international audience. The asset manager's call to develop its own ESG team and not buy research "off the shelf" means ...

One small step for responsible investment sees one giant leap for Man Group

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
Global active manager Man Group can now quantify the degree of responsible investment focus across its entire suite of funds. It adds clarity for institutional investors demanding greater ESG transparency. The $158 billion (US$114bn) investment manager's ...

Former Paradice managers launch LIT

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
A small and mid-cap boutique set up by two former Paradice Investment Management portfolio managers has converted its $440 million strategy to a listed investment trust. Ophir Asset Management's High Conviction Fund has delivered 20.2% per annum ...

CFS swaps global equities managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
Colonial First State has appointed a $600 million mandate as it reviews the manager lineup for its $3.8 billion multi-manager global equities fund. In a change that became active last Friday, Boston-based quant manager Arrowstreet Capital took over ...

Sydney fintech sells for $339m

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
Financial services software giant Temenos is buying customer acquisition and onboarding technology company Avoka for $339 million (US$245 million). Avoka's success story begins in Australia. Temenos chief operating officer and chief financial officer ...

CBA stashes cash for compliance

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
Commonwealth Bank will put aside an additional $350 million in 2019 to cover larger than expected costs for compliance and remediation programs as well as its separation from CommInsure Life. In an update to the ASX on Tuesday evening, CBA said its ...

Super fund offloads harmful holdings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
A $9.2 billion industry superannuation fund has become the latest to divest tobacco, thermal coal and tar sands producers. In addition to their existing controversial weapons exclusion, Vision Super will be culling investments in tobacco, thermal coal ...

Melbourne boutique hires deputy CIO

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... on board, have opened an office in Singapore where we intend to build on our local team in Asia," Jamieson said. She is an MIT graduate and started her career at Thailand's central bank. She worked in investment risk management at Bank of Thailand ...