New Zealand Super, the NZ$17.6 billion ($A13.4 billion) sovereign pension fund, has appointed a new quantitative manager for in global equities.
Chinese law firm hires Aussie quant for risk advice
Academic and former funds manager Frank Ashe has joined a leading Beijing-based law firm as specialist risk management consultant.
REST changes custodian after 18 years and 14 long months
Australia’s biggest super fund by membership, REST Industry Super, has switched its custodian after an 18-year relationship and a review which lasted about 14 months.
Cooper speaks at post-retirement conference
Jeremy Cooper will be the keynote speaker at ‘Investment Magazine’s’ conference on post-retirement solutions for super funds on Thursday March 10 in Melbourne.
Tower deal set to further shake up group life market
The competitive group life market for super funds is set to become even more competitive this year following Dai-Ichi Life Insurance’s friendly takeover bid for Tower Australia. Renewed confidence in America and Asia; pity about Europe
Institutional investor confidence, as measured by actual global flows into growth assets, ended the year on a high note, according to the latest report from State Street Global Markets.
ITM snares implementation specialist as director
An experienced investment IT and administration executive has become a shareholder and director of transition management data provider ITM.
Share surge gives funds a happy Christmas
Surging share markets in December, both in Australia and overseas, have contributed to the strong results for Australia’s super funds over the past six months revealed in the final figures for 2010 from SuperRatings.
IBM SuperLife loses other major client
Towers Watson will shift member administration for the 40-plus corporate super funds it advises away from IBM SuperLife.
The Clickies: I&T News recognises its most popular stories of 2010
For all the words we typed on the Cooper Review this year, the most popular stories on I&T News were once again those which might lead the reader to a new job, or a new mandate.
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