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Investment Strategy

David Gonski hired to advise Future Fund

David Gonski, chairman of ASX Ltd., will advise the Government on the selection of a new chairman for the $73.2 billion Future Fund. The fund is seeking a new chairman following the expected departure next year of David Murray.

I & T NewsNovember 14, 2011

Investment Strategy

Zurich’s Matthew Drennan keeps faith with Asian stocks

U.S. Treasuries are not attractive investments, but companies that have exposure to the rapid growth in Asia are, says Matthew Drennan, executive general manager of investments at Zurich Financial Services Australia Ltd.

I & T NewsOctober 4, 2011

Investment Strategy

Australian funds grow at twice the rate of global peers

Australian institutional funds grew 26 per cent last year in U.S. dollar terms, more than double that of funds in the rest of the world which grew 11 per cent, according to consultants Towers Watson and Pensions & Investments newspaper.

I & T NewsSeptember 6, 2011

Investment Strategy

QIC CEO Doug McTaggart will quit next year

Doug McTaggart, the chief executive of the $60.2 billion Queensland Investment Corp., will quit on June 30 next year.

I & T NewsSeptember 5, 2011

Investment Strategy

AUI selects offshore talent for equities boutique

Australian Unity has teamed up with an ex-Bear Stearns Asia executive and the Hong Kong-based founder of APAC Capital to launch an Asian equities boutique named Seres Asset Management, based in Hong Kong.

Staff WriterSeptember 28, 2009

Investment Strategy

QIC takes aim at offshore instos to further grow client base

Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has begun an offshore sales push for a global fixed income absolute return fund in a continuation of its strategy to diversify and grow its client base, and is focusing on Asian and European investors.

Staff WriterJune 9, 2009

Investment Strategy

Prime brokers price BT out of Asian quant play

BT Investment Management (BTIM) has shelved plans for an Asian equity quant product because it could not secure prime broking at realistic prices, leading to the departure of an executive who’d been investigating the business, but the manager will hire two people as it commercialises its multi-strategy Total Return Fund.

Staff WriterJune 1, 2009

Investment Strategy

Aussie platform technology in Asia

OneVue has entered a partnership with a Hong Kong technology company, WealthCraft, to assist the expansion of its administration platform in Asia.

Staff WriterApril 14, 2009

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