Australian super funds are on an inexorable drive to increase their allocations to a new and growing range of alternatives but in what context is this trend being driven?
Seven months, seven departures from CSAM Aussie shares team
Credit Suisse Asset Management’s Australian resources analyst left on Friday, the seventh departure in seven months from the team which new domestic equities head Steve Giubin is attempting to rebuild.
Property derivatives action contingent on index
The completion of an index upon which property derivatives can be traded should catalyse trading activity in the local market, according to a structured credit specialist.
FSR goodwill helps Vamos to ASFA top job
Pauline Vamos’ “;immense capacity to listen to members’ concerns”; during her implementation of Financial Services Reform (FSR) while at ASIC marked her out as a suitable new CEO for ASFA, according to the association’s chair Rosemary Vilgan.
L1 Capital wins first wholesale mandate
A new Melbourne-based fund manager has secured its first institutional mandate since setting up shop three months ago.
Changes in senior ranks at CARE, Statewide
Senior members of the secretariats at CARE Super and Statewide Superannuation Trust have departed the organisations.
InfoComp to double Indian office
Wrap technology provider, InfoComp, will grow its test and development centre in India to 45 people in a year’s time, driven primarily by offshore growth in the UK.
Game on for FNZ and Axa UK
Platform provider FNZ has secured its second major UK client, signing on with Axa UK to create its wrap.
Future Fund finalises senior operations team
The Future Fund has completed its investment operations senior management team with two hires – one of which marks the third recruit from custodian BNP Paribas Securities Services this year.
Asian Meltdown : Never Again?
Investment banks have become major direct service providers to private client and retail investor portfolios, mostly through their structured products. Yet they are conspicuous by their absence from wholesale manager menus. MICHAEL BAILEY examines whether the banks’ transactional culture can become acceptable to conservative superannuation funds, and whether they might find their biggest role in … Read more
Series keeps the Asian dream alive
Investment banks have become major direct service providers to private client and retail investor portfolios, mostly through their structured products. Yet they are conspicuous by their absence from wholesale manager menus. MICHAEL BAILEY examines whether the banks’ transactional culture can become acceptable to conservative superannuation funds, and whether they might find their biggest role in … Read more
Asian Meltdown : Never Again?
Investment banks have become major direct service providers to private client and retail investor portfolios, mostly through their structured products. Yet they are conspicuous by their absence from wholesale manager menus. MICHAEL BAILEY examines whether the banks’ transactional culture can become acceptable to conservative superannuation funds, and whether they might find their biggest role in … Read more
