Morse Consulting, an operations consultant to the investment industry, has hired a former Colonial First State executive to its Sydney office.
IAG using Hewitt in admin/custody mega-tender
The $1 billion IAG & NRMA Superannuation Plan is using Hewitt Associates for a combined member admin/master custody tender, while IAG Asset Management is also considering outsourcing its backoffice functions.
Front-office recruits signal SimCorp’s OM³ push
SimCorp has recruited two ex-Colonial First State front-office specialists to assist purchasers of its buy-side software, Order Management³ (OM³), to implement the system.
Caledonia culls a custodian
Private client fund manager Caledonia Investments Group has rationalised its custody arrangements after having had two separate custodians for unit trusts and individually managed accounts since it opened over 10 years ago.
Melbourne's Bellwether to chase insto mandates
Australian equities fund manager Bellwether Partners has ramped up its presence in the local share market with fund flows from private clients increasing six-fold in its long/short fund and its first mandates from institutional investors expected early 2008.
Front-office recruits signal SimCorp's OM³ push
SimCorp has recruited two ex-Colonial First State front-office specialists to assist purchasers of its buy-side software, Order Management³ (OM³), to implement the system.
Front-office recruits signal SimCorp’s OM³ push
SimCorp has recruited two ex-Colonial First State front-office specialists to assist purchasers of its buy-side software, Order Management³ (OM³), to implement the system.
Tribeca takes on the edginess of a new namesake
Tribeca Investment Partners, the former Jenkins Investment Management, will be pushing the boundaries in funds management, perhaps emulating the edginess of the avante garde Manhattan district which is the firm’s new namesake.
Super SA’s O’Flaherty gets the nod as FEAL director
The Fund Executives Association Ltd has voted in a new director, John O’Flaherty of Super SA, the South Australian public sector schemes administrator, to replace one of the founding directors, fellow South Australian, Frances Magill of Statewide Super.
UN PRI is not about altruism: Steve Gibbs
Most of the 25 super funds which have joined the United Nations ‘PRI’ pact, have done so not because it is the right thing to do but rather because it will reduce risks or increase returns or lead to both, according to Steve Gibbs, chief executive of ARIA.
Fairfield Greenwich sets up local trust for futures fund
Fairfield Greenwich Group, the New York-based fund of funds and alternatives manager, has launched its first Australian-domiciled fund.
Fidelity funded for global small-cap launch
Fidelity Investments has launched its first institutional fund in Australia since 2005 – a global small-cap fund – which has been seeded by an existing client.
