by Greg Bright Two conflicting trends are emerging in investment management which contrast fundamental top-down research with quantitative data sourcing, analysis and management. Forget the index versus active debate, it’s looking more like politics versus big data and artificial intelligence.
The Australian Custodial Services Association, one of only two industry bodies which can genuinely be considered to be apolitical, has embarked on a new growth path, having appointed its first chief executive for many years and drawn up a clear
Technology may well make the distribution channels of the past, such as IFAs and other intermediaries, a thing of the past. As big fund managers have tried for many years, going direct to the retail investor is becoming increasingly viable,
Up to five private equity firms are vying for a two-thirds stake in New Zealand-domiciled investment platform business FNZ. FNZ, through a joint venture with UBS Australia, provides backoffice services for several big super fund member-directed investment options, including that
Conference producer and specialist publisher Conexus Financial plans to launch an ‘institute’ to study retirement incomes products and strategies. The firm has advertised for someone to lead the new body, to be funded by the privately owned firm and its
Research Affiliates of the US, which this year opened an Australian office, has partnered with global manager and securities servicing firm BNP Paribas and a specialist governance information provider to launch its latest smart-beta strategy – ‘RAFI Diversity & Governance’.
The greenback is likely at, or near, a peak level as the economic distance between the US economy and China stabilises, a recent Brandywine Global Investment Management (BGI) client note argues. Brandywine is a global bond specialist. According to Brandywine
Willis Towers Watson has built up its consulting capabilities for operational issues for its client funds with the appointment of Greg Murphy as ‘manager, product and operations’. He was, most recently, a divisional director at Macquarie. Murphy has responsibility for
by Greg Bright Two conflicting trends are emerging in investment management which contrast fundamental top-down research with quantitative
The Australian Custodial Services Association, one of only two industry bodies which can genuinely be considered to be
Technology may well make the distribution channels of the past, such as IFAs and other intermediaries, a thing
Up to five private equity firms are vying for a two-thirds stake in New Zealand-domiciled investment platform business
Conference producer and specialist publisher Conexus Financial plans to launch an ‘institute’ to study retirement incomes products and
Research Affiliates of the US, which this year opened an Australian office, has partnered with global manager and
The greenback is likely at, or near, a peak level as the economic distance between the US economy
Willis Towers Watson has built up its consulting capabilities for operational issues for its client funds with the
