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Watermark sheds market neutral fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
The Sydney boutique is handing over its $36 million market neutral fund to another manager, as it looks to focus on its long/short strategies. The Watermark Market Neutral Trust, which has been running for eight years, will transition to Dalton Street ...

Aware Super joins forces with Dutch pension fund

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
Recently rebranded Aware Super has entered into a partnership with the largest pension provider in the Netherlands, APG, to expand a serviced apartment chain across major European capital cities. The asset owners announced the agreement with City ID ...

VFMC director nabs global role

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
The CFA Institute has appointed a chair and vice chair to its board of governors, the latter being an industry veteran with more than 30 years' experience across funds management and superannuation. Maria Wilton will now serve as the global association's ...

Boutique launches Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
A Brisbane Aussie equities boutique has launched an income-focussed strategy as an unlisted managed trust, after running it as a separately managed portfolio for 13 years. DNR Capital's Australian Equities Fund is managed by DNR's chief investment ...

Super fund gets ahead of CIPR obscurity

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
An industry superannuation fund is raising the bar on managing longevity risk and taking the initiative to get ahead of the retirement income review gridlock. Chris Drew, the investment manager for public markets at the Australian Catholic Superannuation ...

Chief economist update: Prime Minister Suga

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
Japan has a new prime minister. Yoshihide Suga is his name. Suga will officially be Prime Minister following a parliamentary vote on September 16 after being elected President of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) two days earlier. Prime Minister ...

Chief economist update: Global healing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
"You're Marines now. You adapt. You overcome. You improvise." - Heartbreak Ridge The coronavirus pandemic has been likened to a war. US president Trump called it "the invisible enemy", French head of state Macron declared that France was "at war" ...

Capital Group hires from BlackRock

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
The $2.6 trillion global manager has hired from BlackRock to fill a newly-created role whose remit includes the Australian market. London-based Alexandra Haggard will be Capital Group's head of product and investment services for in Europe and Asia ...

Investors seek to increase EM exposure

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
Asia-based institutional investors and those from around the world expect to increase their emerging market (EM) exposures, both in equity and fixed income, according to Vontobel Asset Management. The Vontobel investor survey found while a minority ...

Chief economist update: ECB keeps it steady

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... 8.7% slump predicted in June. Growth projections for the year 2021 and 2022 were unchanged at 5% and 3.2%, respectively. Euro area economic growth dropped by 14.7% in the year to the June quarter, that followed a 3.2% decline in the March quarter and ...