Qantas Superannuation Plan is searching for a senior addition to its internal investment team, which will free up chief investment officer Andrew Spence to spend more time on overall investment strategy.
Headcount follows FUA down at CFS, Challenger
Colonial First State and Challenger Financial Services have conducted rounds of redundancies within days of each other in the past fortnight.
David Adiseshan resurfaces
Veteran institutional funds management marketer and product developer, David Adiseshan, has joined a local hedge fund marketing business.
AIST to vote on board changes at next week's AGM
AIST members will vote on a new board which will have more flexibility in the appointment of an independent director – at the annual general meeting at 10am next Monday, just prior to the opening of the CMSF conference at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre.
NWQ appoints hedgie veteran to advisory role
NWQ Capital Management, a boutique alternatives firm based in Perth, has appointed a celebrated supporter of Australian hedge funds as an adviser.
Post-retirement innovation the next big thing
Product innovation in post-retirement is predicted to be the next big thing in the superannuation industry, but Australia is lagging the rest of the world. Investment & Technology presents the edited video highlights from its inaugural conference ‘Post-Retirement Solutions for Super Funds: Strategies for Keeping Members in Retirement’, held in Melbourne last month. UBS GAM forced to let sales veteran go, shut infrastructure fund
UBS Global Asset Management has let go its well-respected head of wholesale distribution, and has shut the fund it launched three years ago in global listed infrastructure, an asset class it now views as stagnant.
No ‘QIC II’ for Dee/Xavier boutique
In mid-2008, three months after exiting the deputy head of Australian equities and senior small-cap Australian equities roles at Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC), Michael Dee and Paul Xavier hatched a long-held plan to put capital to work in five sectors displaying ‘long-term structural growth’.
ACSA gives pat on back to backoffice champions
The Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) has announced the winners of the inaugural 2009 ACSA Awards, which recognise outstanding contributors to the Australian custody and investment administration industry.
CSAM chief won't deny boutique rumours
The head of Credit Suisse Asset Management Australia, Steve Giubin, has not ruled out forming a boutique with his small cap and/or large cap Australian equity managers, saying all options were on the table during the "frustrating" wait for Aberdeen Asset Management’s global takeover of CSAM’s traditional businesses.
'Most overlooked century-maker' victim of SSgA overhaul
State Street Global Advisors’ appointment of Justin Walsh to a new role running sales and client service has resulted in the retrenchment of the dedicated client service head, who in a previous life was a Test cricketer for New Zealand.
$100m of capital calls don't faze me: Cantor
The $3 billion Catholic Super & Retirement Fund has avoided a firesale of assets in its portfolio despite being forced to meet well over $100 million worth of commitment calls so far this financial year, according to chief executive Greg Cantor. 
