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Chief economist update: Good US employment news is not so good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... recovery in the US economy... threatening Trump's re-election campaign. So much so, that, according to Factset: "President Trump signed a combination of memorandums and an executive order on Saturday, following through on a threat to act unilaterally ...

Canadian pension fund pursues global growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... step in our evolution," the fund said. To drive the strategy, CDPQ has appointed Marc-Andre Blanchard as executive vice president and head of CDPQ Global. He will have direct responsibility for the fund's three main regional hubs outside of Canada: the ...

Franklin Templeton completes acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... representing the largest and most significant transaction in Franklin Templeton's history," said Franklin Templeton president and chief executive Jenny Johnson. "A tremendous amount has happened since we made our announcement in mid-February, but the ...

Franklin Templeton announces revised APAC team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... taking on his new role Kudva worked as Franklin Templeton's head of EMEA and India, based in Mumbai. Franklin Templeton president and chief executive Jenny Johnson said the acquisition of Legg Mason will establish Franklin Templeton as one of the world's ...

Westpac announces appointment, departure

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... leading a team of 7000 across 34 countries. Prior to his role at ANZ, Collary worked at Citibank as its executive vice president and chief information officer of its consumer North America business. He has also held roles with Fifth Third Bank and Bank ...

AustralianSuper partners with greenhouse gas giants

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... emissions across critical supply chains of the economy." BP Australia SVP fuels & low carbon solutions Asia Pacific president Frederic Baudry said the mining and petroleum company was excited to partner with the initiative to progress towards a net zero ...

US pension funds form trading alliance

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... those that do not have internal resources to support securities lending or repo activity directly." HOOPP assistant vice president of collateral management, derivatives and fixed income Rob Goobie said the four pension funds were excited at the opportunity ...

MSCI shifts to the cloud with Microsoft alliance

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... products and services to help investors achieve their desired investment outcomes." Microsoft Cloud and AI executive vice president Scott Guthrie agreed, arguing the partnership would help accelerate the development of new innovative solutions for better ...

Chief economist update: US-China tensions escalate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... recently Hong Kong and now, cyberespionage. It could be because the world has a much bigger small coronavirus to fry. US President Trump and China's leader Xi could smooch and make up tomorrow but governments and central banks and financial markets ...

Billionaires targeted in Twitter bitcoin scam

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... Twitter accounts hacked to promote a bitcoin scam. The official Twitter accounts of many notable people, including former President Barrack Obama and Presidential candidate Joe Biden, were hacked to promote a bitcoin scam to their millions of followers. ...