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JPMorgan portfolio manager leaves

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
A portfolio manager at a $460 million JPMorgan strategy has left, sparking a review of the strategy at Morningstar. The JPMorgan Global Macro Opportunities Fund has been managed by James Elliot and Shrenick Shah since they co-created the strategy in ...

UBS small caps team launches boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
UBS Asset Management's small caps team is kicking off a boutique at Challenger's multi-boutique business Fidante Partners with a new unit trust in the works. Stephen Wood, Victor Gomes and David Haddad worked together for eight years on the ...

Alternative platform launches

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
A new platform has launched offering advisers and clients the opportunity to hold investments themselves. FinClear today launched its HIN Platform, which uses the Holder Identification Number (HIN) of end investors to hold investments, rather than the ...

Future Fund hires from WTW

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
The $147 billion sovereign wealth fund has created a new deputy chief investment officer role and has hired a senior consultant from Willis Tower Watson to fill it. Sue Brake will join in June as Future Fund's deputy chief investment officer, portfolio ...

New insto sales lead at Robeco

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
The international asset manager has hired a new director of institutional sales for its local business. Chris Wildman joined Robeco last month as director, institutional sales from Mirae Asset Global Investments. Wildman was head of distribution at ...

New Zealand investors call for action after attacks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
New Zealand investors are rapidly joining an initiative to strengthen controls on social media content in the wake of the Christchurch terrorist attacks. Last month the NZ Super Fund, Accident Compensation Corporation, Government Superannuation Fund ...

Former Commonwealth Bank chief joins ASX-listed firm

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
Former Commonwealth Bank chief executive Ian Narev has found a new role with an ASX-listed entity. Narev joins SEEK in a newly created dual role of group chief operating officer and Asia Pacific and Americas chief executive. He was chief executive of ...

Chief economist update: China stitches it in time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
If you want a poster boy to that old saying that, "a stitch in time saves nine" China is it. Latest data show that China's manufacturing sector is back in expansion. The official National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) China manufacturing PMI increased ...

AMP Capital invests in student accommodation

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 APR 2019
AMP Capital acquired a 34-year contract for student accommodation at Australian National University from Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme and Infratil. AMP Capital will collect the rental income from 4,184 beds in 10 residences at the Australian National ...

Chief economist update: No credit to the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 APR 2019
If the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) very own Financial Aggregates report - released on March 29 - doesn't convince the board to switch from its current "neutral stance" to an interest rate cut very, very soon, by the time it does - and ...