After acquiring sustainability researcher Innovest last year, RiskMetrics has let go the regional managing director of the business and brought two of its three analysts into its Melbourne office.
OneSteel win underwrites Russell alternatives foray
Russell’s Balanced Opportunities pooled super trust will seed three new ‘alternatives’ sector funds underlaid by six new managers, as it becomes default option for the 11,000 new OneSteel members of the Russell SuperSolution Mastertrust, with a push into unlisted alternatives to follow.
DST loses platform sales chief, but stays in the game
Rob Gould, the director of business development and strategy for DST Global Solutions in Australia, will soon leave the company, I&T News understands.
Former Fortis salesperson finds home
One of Fortis Investments Australia’s former institutional salespeople, put off around Christmas as part of that shop’s absorption into BNP Paribas Investment Partners Australia, has resurfaced at another funds manager.
Ashton to activate fund sales in new role
Known for her work as a fund researcher, Angela Ashton has begun sharpening the business profile and sales pitch of Australia’s first activist fund.
Partners Group headhunts for consultants gig…again
The local arm of Partners Group has renewed its search for a head of consultant relations after the manager’s head office in Switzerland rejected two shortlisted candidates.
Innovest MD gone as RiskMetrics focuses on ESG 'delivery'
After acquiring sustainability researcher Innovest last year, RiskMetrics has let go the regional managing director of the business and brought two of its three analysts into its Melbourne office.
Rehypothetical argument: custodians cash in on prime broker risk worries
The collapse of Lehman Brothers, whose prime broking clients found their assets had been ‘rehypothecated’ into oblivion, has not only encouraged prime brokers to introduce rehypothecation ‘caps’, it has allowed custodians to capitalise on long/short funds’ fear for the safety of assets held with their prime broker, next week’s Investment Administration Conference in Sydney will hear.
Telstra Super lures family office heavweight
Telstra Super chief investment officer Jim Christensen has begun building out his investment team, eschewing the fellow displaced QIC colleagues one might have expected for a pair that includes perhaps Australia’s best known family office investor.
Van Eyk snubs Macquarie for US listed infrastructure
Van Eyk Blueprint Series funds has reviewed its allocations to listed infrastructure and has redirected funds from Macquarie towards a US-based manager.
