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Colonial First State closes global fund

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... detracted the most significantly," Acadian said. "At the regional level, Japan was the strongest contributor to returns whereas North America brought the most significant negative payoffs. "Within North America, the representative portfolio saw the greatest ...

Northern Trust touts new ESG tool to instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
The fast-growing custodian is pitching a new ESG analytics tools to local superannuation funds and asset managers to track, compare and benchmark their ESG score. Northern Trust, which is best known in Australia as custodian to a number of public sector ...

VIC, TAS lead Australia: CommSec

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
Victoria remains Australia's strongest performing economy, but it now shares top spot with Tasmania, according to the latest CommSec State of the States report. The latest CommSec economic rankings revealed how the state and territory economies were ...

COVID-19 clogs custody mandate pipeline

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
Switching custodians is one of the tasks being put on the back burner as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts businesses and markets. The biggest custody businesses are experiencing delays in implementing new mandates, as volatility makes clients hesitant ...

AMP bleeds $18 billion

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... cash flowed into its wealth arm than this time last year, which it said was largely thanks to its flagship wealth platform, North, which took on $400 million in funds from external financial advisers. AMP Capital saw its average assets under management ...

COVID-19 to lead to deglobalisation: Amundi

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... Amundi said. "After the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak in China and East Asia, and the second wave in Western Europe and North America, a third wave now looks to be building in several EM and frontier countries," it said. "EM and frontier countries ...

A decade in the dust

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic could lead emerging markets to lose the last decade in progress, as the world sinks deeper into a global recession far worse than the Global Financial Crisis. That's according to State Street Global Advisors head of global ...

Warakirri appoints exclusive manager for equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
Warakirri Asset Management has chosen a boutique to manage about $375 million across its equities strategies, as it moves away from multi-manager structure. Northcape Capital will now manage Warakirri Asset Management's equities strategies ($300 million ...

Janus Henderson announces equity team changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
Janus Henderson has announced the appointment of a new director of centralised equity research. Matthew Peron will take on the role effective April 13 and will be based in the US. Peron will oversee the firm's centralised equity research function and ...

Superannuation fund delays custodian swap

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
A $35 billion public sector superannuation fund has deferred its transition to a new custodian, citing heightened short-term risk from COVID-19. Funds SA last July said it would end its 19-year-long custody relationship with J.P. Morgan and move to ...