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World rolls out stimulus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
As Prime Minister Scott Morrison updated Australians about the measures being taken at home to stop the spread of COVID-19, other nations around the world have announced their stimulus packages to cushion the economic burden. The largest, unsurprisingly ...

Industry fund awards infrastructure mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... Diversified Infrastructure Fund III. Across these portfolios we will see an expanded infrastructure portfolio that covers America, Europe and Australia." Christian Super manages about $1.6 billion for about 28,000 members.

Pension fund acquires Plenary Group business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
Plenary Asia Pacific is set to offload its North American operations to a $390 billion pension fund. Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec (CDPQ) will acquire Plenary Americas' in addition to the controlling stake already held through its PPP portfolio. ...

Trump slams Fed in Twitter tirade

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... second rate cut from the Fed this month. JP Morgan predicts the Fed will lower rates by 100bps next week, while Bank of America and Barclays both believe the Fed will cut rates by 50bps at both March and April meetings, taking interest rates down to ...

Thematic investing grows threefold

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... year 2000," Morningstar said. "Despite growing tenfold in size, the market share of thematic funds domiciled in North America decreased from 28% to 16% over the same period. "While all regions have experienced net inflows over the trailing five years ...

QIC names new head of global private capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
QIC is bringing home an executive from its US business to replace Marcus Simpson, who recently retired as the head of global private capital. Stephen Whatmore is moving into the role after leading the North American team and setting up the QIC global ...

Fidelity sweeps Morningstar Australia Awards

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
Fidelity International scored two wins at the 2020 Morningstar Australia Awards, while passive investing giant Vanguard beat active managers in the multi-asset category. The awards were spread across eight categories, with the winners announced last ...

Tribeca portfolio manager quits

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... statement. Evans was at Tribeca for less than four years. He joined in 2016, after working for Macquarie Bank and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

New Aussie ETF to invest in FAANGs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
ETF Securities is set to launch a new exchange traded fund on the ASX that will invest in 10 companies including Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Google which together returned 45% last year. The ETF's will hold 10 stocks in equal weighting, adding names ...

Tax chiefs crack down on tax evasion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... at the heart of our day of action last month, and we are looking beyond just a single financial institution in Central America," Day said. "We have fears there are many hundreds of Australians caught up in these arrangements, and working with our J5 ...