Steve Grob likens HFT to spoon feeding

Steve Grob likens high frequency trading to being spoon fed a meal in a restaurant. The kitchen has to cook each spoonful of food before it can be served but “insists on getting paid before he gives you more food,” says the director of group strategy at Fidessa. “Love it, hate it, HFT is here … Read more

Credit Suisse hires Evan Reedman

Credit Suisse Group AG hired former Queensland Investment Corp. executive Evan Reedman as head of consultative relationships for asset management in Asia-Pacific. “Evan’s role will be regional, working with institutional investment consultants in Japan, non-Japan Asia and Australia,” says Will Britten, head of asset management for Credit Suisse in Australia, in a statement. Neil Harvey, … Read more

Media Super adapts to change

Whether it is sitting on the board of Media Super or in his previous job as chief executive of the printing industries’ peak body, Philip Andersen is no stranger to adapting to change. He was the industry representative of Print Super when it had just $150 million under management and was part of the investment committee that reorganised Media Super’s external managers when it was born from the merger of Print Super and Just Super in 2008. This year Andersen retired after 19 years as the chief executive of the Printing Industries Association of Australia, having overseen a sea change in printing driven by the rise of online competition.

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