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Canadian pension fund pursues global growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... and strengthened responsibilities in our key regional hubs and satellite offices," CDPQ president and chief executive Charles Emond said. Blanchard's background is in law and has most recently served as ambassador and permanent representative of Canada ...

Chief economist update: A tale of two quarters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... were all going direct the other way..." -- 'A Tale of Two Cities' A little tinkering with the first paragraph of Charles Dickens' classic novel and we have Wall Street's story of the first six months of 2020 - A Tale of Two Quarters. ...

Global investment manager appoints APAC head

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... Asia Pacific and global head of distribution and marketing Duncan Robertson, both based in Sydney, and will report to Charles Weeks, head of Europe and Asia Pacific real estate equity. Weeks said Ratcliffe's appointment would help the firm leverage ...

Global ETF leaders push for reform

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... investors. In a proposal to US stock exchanges in mid-May, BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street Global Advisors, Invesco, Charles Schwab and Fidelity Investments, pushed for a new taxonomy for ETPs. The "industry coalition" proposed ETPs be separated into ...

Chief economist update: Powell blamed for fall on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... negative interest rates had been conveyed by other Fed officials - the Fed presidents of Atlanta (Raphael Bostic), Chicago (Charles Evans) and, Minneapolis (Neel Kashkari) - days before. The bottom line is that with financial markets still highly sensitive ...

AMP Capital ups jail stake

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... a similar public-private-partnership (PPP) as ASCF, at a total value of $6.8 billion. AMP Capital CommIF fund manager Charles Savage said the firm would continue to expand its presence in the NZ PPP market over time. "Increasing our interest in the ASCF ...

COVID-19 creates case for robo-advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... guidelines around how scaled personal advice could work," Garrett said. He pointed to J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, Charles Schwab and Fidelity overseas each offering a low-touch, low-cost digitally led investment management service as proof ...

Queensland funds delay merger

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... when combined." QSuper members questioned the merger plans in response to an online briefing by chief investment officer Charles Woodhouse earlier this month, asking whether it is appropriate for the fund to consider a merger with its Queensland counterpart ...

Financial services exec embroiled in bribery scheme

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... compliance team about the true role of the Ghana-based intermediary company. SEC Enforcement Division's FCPA Unit chief Charles Cain said Berko acted alone and Goldman would not be charged. "As alleged in our complaint, Berko orchestrated a scheme to ...

Melbourne boutique adds to team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... was started in 2014 by former JP Morgan bonds salesman Angus Coote and former Bank of America Merrill Lynch bond trader Charles Jamieson. It currently runs two strategies: its original Australian sovereign debt one and the relatively recent addition ...