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RCM…making dreams of funds management come true It’s always been tough to break into a job in portfolio management, more so now than ever. You might have the skills and the determination, but it’s likely you’ll remain languishing on the sidelines without a little bit of luck. Just ask Paul Schofield, who these days has … Read more
RCM…making dreams of funds management come true It’s always been tough to break into a job in portfolio management, more so now than ever. You might have the skills and the determination, but it’s likely you’ll remain languishing on the sidelines without a little bit of luck. Just ask Paul Schofield, who these days has … Read more
Bold as brass, Wall Street firms are again talking big bonuses. However, a proposal that Australian super funds are being urged to sign would give shareholders of US public companies more of a say in the matter, FIONA REYNOLDS writes.
The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) will publish its business plans in the next week or so, and with a back-to-basics theme, the investment team has been directed to review its mix of active versus passive. Chief investment of CalSTRS, Chris Ailman, says the board typically asks the investment team to review three broad themes in addition to its normal portfolio level and work. “The board wants us to look at the mix of active passive in both equities and fixed interest investments. We have traditionally been heavily passive and that has helped us. Active management has been very expensive, at times it has proved its worth, at other times it hasn’t,” he says.
Superpartners’ head of project delivery left last month – in the middle of running the largest superannuation system replacement project in Australian history. A Superpartners spokesperson said that Jane Collyer, an eight-year veteran of the firm who ran the massive project to integrate administration for the AustralianSuper merger, had left for personal reasons. Collyer confirmed she had quit to look after her ailing father, but that she had left Superpartners “on great terms” and remained available to take any questions over the phone.
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We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this land upon which Conexus Financial sits, the Cadigal of the Eora Nation. We recognise their continuing connection and unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and community. We pay our deepest respects to them and their culture, and to Elders both past and present.
