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Nikko AM wins Aussie equities mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... new role as part of its commitment to the United Nations' Women Empowerment Principles. Nikko AM executive deputy president Junichi Sayato said the firm signed because nurturing a diverse workforce is essential to its business in order to effectively ...

BNP Paribas product lead joins RBC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... analytics. Yip adds more than a decade in the performance and analytics space, joining from State Street where he was vice president and head of investment analytics for Australia. Commenting, RBC managing director, head of I&TS product management APAC ...

Chief economist update: Turkey's roasted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... The currency has dropped by 22.2% to what was then a record low 4.87 lira/US$1 from the start of 2018 on the back of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's erroneous economic thinking - that high interest rates cause inflation - and his pledge to take ...

Global fund manager replaces COO

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
... its chief operating officer and co-founder is retiring with a replacement taking over immediately. After 14 years as president and COO at Epoch Investment Partners, Timothy T. Taussig will retire at the end of the year and will be replaced by Philipp ...

Global fund manager expands Australian operations

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
... aims to facilitate more frequent in-person dialogue with asset owners, local consultants and distribution partners. President and chief executive Katy Sherrerd said Aked brings "a deep understanding of markets - particularly on the implementation side ...

AustralianSuper tax specialist heads to fintech

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
... senior tax analyst specialising in investment tax at the $140 billion industry super fund. Prior to this she was vice president and Australian head of global fund services, client services for Northern Trust from November 2015 to June 2016. GBST head ...

Chief economist update: Boom in the USA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
... overheating. At the same time, it could assert its independence from the Trump administration where not so long ago, US President Trump revealed his displeasure with Fed's rate hikes: "Because we go up and every time you go up they want to raise ...

Chief economist update: ECB on track for exit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
... sustained convergence of inflation to levels that are below, but close to, 2% over the medium term." In his Q&A, ECB President Mario Draghi explained that the no change in policy direction is that the "the Governing Council took note that there hasn't ...

Industry fund signs stewardship code

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... after the code was launched at ACSI's annual conference earlier this year, with AustralianSuper chief executive and ACSI president Ian Silk highlighting the importance of the code for both his fund and the Australian superannuation system at large. "The ...

Custodian strengthens front-office with $3.5 billion acquisition

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... analytics and compliance tools, and connect and exchange data with other industry platforms and providers. State Street president and chief operating officer Ron O'Hanley said the custodian is confident that the acquisition will enable it to deepen ...