The $69 billion Future Fund will shortly have a new boss for its $8 billion-plus private markets portfolios, following the incumbent’s decision to move on.
New boss for CPG Research & Advisory
A former senior multimanager executive from IOOF has become the managing director of CPG Research & Advisory, replacing Simon Ibbetson at the asset consultancy.
Qantas Super adds third member to investment team
The $5.5 billion Qantas Superannuation Fund has hired a third member to its investment team, focussed on implementation efficiency, investment strategy and risk management.
Tribeca Investment Partners has launched a small-cap trust with its affiliated company Grant Samuel Funds Management to give better access to small institutions and the retail market. Maple-Brown’s new way to reach retail
Maple-Brown Abbott has for the first time looked beyond Advance Asset Management for distribution of one of its funds to financial advisers.
AGEST gets high-profile CEO
The Australian Government Employees Superannuation Trust (AGEST) has picked a prominent former director to be its new chief executive officer, replacing Michael Seton.
The term deposit ‘wall’ starts to buckle
Cracks are appearing in the ‘wall of money’ standing in term deposits, with the beneficiaries being liquid fixed-income funds, but the outlook for traditional mortgage funds looks bleak according to an analysis from wealth management strategists, Tria Investment Partners.
Perpetual shutters Quantitative Investments business
Ten years after its founding, all the funds of Perpetual’s Quantitative Investments business will be wound down by December.
Rising $A triggers sell-offs from offshore investors
The final trading days of September indicated how far Australian equity valuations could fall when the local currency dollar declines from its current heights.
PIMCO confronts bond bubble rhetoric
PIMCO has hosed down talk of a bubble in bonds, with the ‘big four’ central banks to remain “firmly in easing mode” for the foreseeable future, and the 2.5 per cent yield on 10-year US Treasuries “lower than the nominal GDP growth we would expect over that timeframe”, according to visiting global product head David Fisher.
Maple-Brown's new way to reach retail
Maple-Brown Abbott has for the first time looked beyond Advance Asset Management for distribution of one of its funds to financial advisers.
The term deposit 'wall' starts to buckle
Cracks are appearing in the ‘wall of money’ standing in term deposits, with the beneficiaries being liquid fixed-income funds, but the outlook for traditional mortgage funds looks bleak according to an analysis from wealth management strategists, Tria Investment Partners.
