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Challenger adds new boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... Fidante Partners will take over the distribution and marketing of London-based FME Asset Management (Financial Markets Engineering), in line with its usual business model. The derivatives-based strategy takes positions in futures with an absolute return ...

State Street flags job cuts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... new expense program initiated at the US$2.78 trillion manager. "Through increased resource discipline, process re-engineering and automation, State Street expects to realise US$350 million in underlying expense savings in 2019," the firm said. Total ...

MetLife Australia wins tech award

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... MetLife in 2015, after technology leadership roles at Westpac, NAB and Woolies. He has a master in computer systems engineering from Monash. He runs a team of 100 technology professionals, spread across permanent, contractual and third-party professionals ...

Aussie fund managers face machine learning challenges

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... to find ways to leverage machine learning to capture alpha, Bloomberg said. Bloomberg LP head of machine learning engineering Gary Kazantsev said as a result of critical advances in computing power and newly available vast pools of data, more clients ...

Boutique manager to launch LIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... invest across the natural resources value chain ranging from exploration and feasibility operations, mining projects, engineering and design businesses, transport and logistics and service providers. The IPO general offer closes on September 26 and the ...

EM bonds attractive despite pullback: Eaton Vance

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
... Also, much of the economic growth in EM is organic, rather than being based on mergers, acquisitions and financial engineering." She acknowledges that EM markets have a political risk but adds that it offers opportunity for improvement as the impact ...

Perpetual launches ethical fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
... from alcohol or tobacco sales; produce uranium; emit fossil fuels; manufacture nuclear weapons; or engage in genetic engineering and so on. SRI screens on the other hand, assesses companies on how they conduct business against a socially responsible ...

FirstChoice adds natural resources strategy

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... $1.3 billion of retail and institutional funds) combines industry experience and qualifications in geology, mining engineering and metallurgy with investment management. Janus Henderson said its fund was a high conviction strategy of equities focusing ...

Powered by Lloyds and KPMG, insurtech offers cybersecurity insurance

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
An insurtech is offering clients protection from cybersecurity concerns such as ransomware, malware and social engineering fraud. Edmund claims to be Australia's first dedicated digital cyber insurance provider or "insuretech" and will cater to ...

Research expert joins Fidelity

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... best experience is now the bar and Amazon sets it," Devoy said. Read more about Devoy's career journey from molecular engineering to asset management here.