Hedge Funds
Dan Farmer promoted to CIO at IOOF as Steve Merlicek retires
IOOF Holdings’ longstanding head of Australian equities, Dan Farmer, will replace Steve Merlicek as chief investment officer from July 1, 2017.
Sally RoseFebruary 9, 2017
Steve Merlicek
Hedge Funds
Tasplan names head of unlisted investments
Tasplan has named Anna Patterson head of unlisted investments, while Osvaldo Acosta has joined IOOF as head of fixed interest.
Sally RoseDecember 16, 2016
CIO profiles
Steve Merlicek: the turnaround manager of IOOF
With 16 years’ experience Steve Merlicek is the longest serving chief investment officer in Australia; and after spending six of those years at IOOF he is seeing a fine run of performance. When Steve Merlicek arrived at IOOF in 2009 the then United Capital Growth fund was bottom or close to bottom of most performance surveys. He was […]
David RowleyDecember 7, 2015
Hedge Funds
The breaking down of equity buckets
Investors at the Conexus Financial Equities Summit discussed the emerging break down of allocation buckets when investing in equities, as a result of favoured fund managers reaching capacity constraints because of the growth of superannuation funds. As funds continue to get larger they might need to consider giving managers more flexibility with mandates, says Brett […]
Amanda WhiteSeptember 9, 2015