Investment Strategy
ipac puts $1.2bn in stock-pickers’ hands
ipac has invested $1.16 billion with fundamental stock-pickers to restructure its $2.7 billion global equities portfolio.
I & T NewsJune 28, 2011
kaplan
Investment Strategy
Ascalon insto BDM search down to wire
Boutique incubator Ascalon Capital Management is down to a two-horse race in its search for a head of institutional business development, while last month it purchased the 45 per cent of a retail distribution agency it didn’t already own.
Staff WriterJuly 13, 2009
Investment Strategy
Ex-Challenger exec to run Ascalon as Basile departs
A direct report to Challenger funds management boss Rob Adams will move on to become managing director of boutique incubator Ascalon next week, following the departure of previous Ascalon chief, Nick Basile, before Christmas.
Staff WriterJanuary 27, 2009
Investment Strategy
Pentafin prepares for life after Ascalon
Pentafin, a provider of integrated administration systems for retail financial services groups, has flagged that the significant Ascalon ownership it inherited through its merger with Direct Portfolio Services will not last long-term.
Staff WriterJuly 22, 2008
Hedge Funds
Pentafin prepares for life after Ascalon
Pentafin, a provider of integrated administration systems for retail financial services groups, has flagged that the significant Ascalon ownership it inherited through its merger with Direct Portfolio Services will not last long-term.
Staff WriterJuly 22, 2008
Investment Strategy
St George, Kaplan look to sell Ascalon
The co-owners of boutique incubator Ascalon Capital Management, St George Bank and Kaplan Funds Management, have called in an investment bank to assess options for offloading the business.
Staff WriterJuly 15, 2008
Hedge Funds
St George, Kaplan look to sell Ascalon
The co-owners of boutique incubator Ascalon Capital Management, St George Bank and Kaplan Funds Management, have called in an investment bank to assess options for offloading the business.
Staff WriterJuly 15, 2008
Hedge Funds
Make the cheque for your funeral the first one to bounce
Admitting you are an actuary has probably never been a great conversation-starter at dinner parties, and the profession’s preoccupation with death and mortality tables doesn’t help. Visiting Australia for the FEAL Fund Executives Forum last month, one of Russell Investment Group’s most senior human abacuses, director of strategic advice Don Ezra, called for a name […]
Staff WriterApril 1, 2008