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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 ...

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 ...

Investec scores ADI licence

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... resources, private equity, power and infrastructure, property, mid-market and emerging companies. Headquartered in South Africa, Investec has more than 10,000 employees globally. It recently closed its robo-advice offering Click & Invest two years after ...

Chief economist update: BOE going the wrong way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
Mexico (and the world) is breathing a sigh of relief after Trump's tweet "indefinitely" suspending his tariff threat against America's southern neighbour. But POTUS being Trump, he's exploited this "win" to issue fresh tariff threats versus ...

Chief economist update: Oil market slides from bull to bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
Crude oil prices have dropped, turning this year's bull market into a bear market. Oil prices rallied nearly 50% from January to April this year on the back of the Fed's pause; China's stimulus measures and expectations of continued easy ...

Alternatives manager adds former Morningstar head

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... approach into tangible themes, and has a great deal of experience with institutional investors in Australia, the UK and South Africa." CFM confirmed Stanford would work closely with Mark Yetman, who was appointed as director of investor relations for ...