After a decade-long tenure with Standard & Poor’s (S&P), a former director of the firm’s fund ratings team, Greg Barr, has left to become an asset consultant.
The head of Australian equities at Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM), Simon Shields, will leave the manager once his contract expires on June 30, 2007, and replace Paul Fiani in the equivalent spot at UBS Global Asset Management from July 1.
The head of Australian equities at Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM), Simon Shields, will leave the manager once his contract expires on June 30, 2007, and replace Paul Fiani in the equivalent spot at UBS Global Asset Management from July 1.
Gottex and Basis Capital were awarded top honours in the first full sector review of hedge funds by Standard & Poor’s, which showed a generally high quality of managers, according to the researchers.