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.
Standard Life opens Australian office, launches alternatives
Standard Life Investments, the Edinburgh-based global manager, has started an Australian business.
AIST drills down through energy and resources arguments
Fresh from its success with the Sydney lunch last month featuring Peter Garrett, Opposition environmental spokesperson, AIST will this month drill down through the arguments surrounding energy and resources at a Melbourne lunch.
Mercer weighs in on ‘weight of money’ debate: asset prices should hold up
The possibility of the world entering a ‘de-cumulating’ phase due to babyboomer retirements, is unlikely to have much of a subsequent downward pressure on asset prices, according to Tony Cole, the business leader for Mercer Investment Consulting, Asia Pacific.
Catholic Super names star managers
Catholic Super has named the managers that were the strongest contributors to its annual performance, with small cap manager, Renaissance, the star performer.
AIMA to release risk disclosure guidelines for members
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has finalised a set of voluntary guidelines on disclosure of risk terms and has sent it to Australian members and regulators for feedback, with a view to making the document public in a few weeks.
Ashton departs IWL which exits market in research to managers
General manager, managed investments research at IWL, Angela Ashton, will leave the firm to join Queensland Investment Corporation as a strategist, with her departure marking IWL’s exit of the market on research to funds managers.
Future Fund consultant speaks on alternatives
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.
