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The catalysts for a rebound

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... assets in Brazil and Mexico continue to underperform due to their weak COVID-19 policy responses. "In addition to South Africa, assets in Turkey, Russia and Qatar have all remained under stress for a variety of reasons specific to those countries," he ...

Chief economist update: Cash splash

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... bond purchases and bought a record amount of ETFs... Central banks in Brazil, Taiwan, Indonesia, the Philippines in South Africa all cut rates." And at home: "RBA cut cash rate by 25 bp to 0.25% and announced a government bond buying program to anchor ...

Investec AM rebrands

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... specialist investment capabilities to meet the needs of their portfolios." Investec Asset Management was established in South Africa in 1991, initially offering domestic investments in the emerging market. Almost three decades later, the now independent ...

Asia is way forward for global economy: DWS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
... Taylor said. "If you look at Latin America, it is quite commodity and interest rate based. It's the same story in South Africa. Turkey is very politically run and Russia is quite dependent on the oil price and global risk, whereas the Asian story is ...

CBA wealth boss to exit

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... Vacy-Lyle. Vacy-Lyle is currently chief executive of FNB Commercial Banking, a division of the FirstRand Banking Group in South Africa. One year on from NewCo CBA hired Yetton from SocietyOne in October last year to lead its wealth and mortgaging businesses ...

Macquarie, Tasplan and QIC shuffle airports

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2019
... Airport to ensure it remains an important contributor to the local economy and a business aviation gateway to London and the South East." MIRA describes its investments in airport infrastructure and fixed-based operator facilities as world-leading, noting ...

AXA Investment Managers expands impact investing options

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2019
... to expand its investment portfolios by launching a private market strategy aimed at emerging consumers in Latin America, South and South East Asian and Sub-Saharan Africa. AXA IM's Head of impact investing Jonathan Dean said in a statement: "Our mission ...

Link Group offloads share registry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... will sell its 74.85% stake in a share registry for $21.5 million. The holding in share registry Link Market Services South Africa (LMS South Africa) will be sold to JSE Limited. Link managing director John McMurtrie said: "JSE approached Link Group with ...

Willis Towers Watson buys Aussie broker

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... acquired Risk Capital Advisors (RCA), a specialist mergers and acquisitions broker in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. The acquisition is effective immediately, enhancing WTW's offering to clients in the growing M&A market. RCA will become a ...

KPMG names life insurance lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... the local branch of global life reinsurer RGA as managing director, with responsibility for Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Japan. Between 2004 and 2007, she was chief financial officer and appointed actuary at life insurer Asteron, and was ...