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BlackRock to combine insto and retail distribution teams

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
BlackRock Australia has merged its institutional and retail distribution teams and made senior hires from Vanguard, FIIG Securities, Rothschild and BT Financial Group. Following the merger of the two teams, Jason Collins has taken on an expanded role ...

Foreign instos keen on Aussie real estate

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
Foreign institutional investment in Australian real estate is down more than 7% in the 12 months to October 2016 when compared to same period in 2015. In the past year 324 cross-border property transactions were recorded in Australia with a value of ...

US core property on insto agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... Australian markets," he said. US-based Metten, who runs both an open-ended core fund and a separately managed account for insto clients globally, said the US core property market is in healthy shape. He said Australian investors often ask about performance ...

Australian Unity appoints senior insto BDM

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
Australian Unity Funds Management has appointed a senior institutional business development manager. Boyd Lees joins Australian Unity from Citadel SPV, where he was a vice president - business development. He has also held senior roles at NAB, Pershing ...

Instos should reconsider hedging strategies: PIMCO

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
Institutional investors with globally diversified portfolios should consider making their currency hedging decisions at the portfolio level on a currency-by-currency basis if they wish to truly mitigate risk, according to new research from PIMCO. The ...

MSCI launches new insto global equity risk model

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
MSCI has launched a new model to analyse systematic risk in global equity portfolios for institutional investors. The Barra Global Total Market Trading Equity Model, based on MSCI's Systematic Equity Strategies adds new risk factors including news sentiment ...

Valuation dispersion creating opportunity for instos to retilt

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
The dispersion in valuations between the cheapest and the most expensive stocks is the widest it has been at any point since the dotcom boom, according to the founder of global asset manager Pzena Investment Management. The most expensive quintile of ...

Instos seeking smart carbon plays

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
A global equities manager says divesting out of stranded assets and reinvesting in energy efficiency-driven companies is a strategy resonating with institutional investors. Impax Asset Management managing director and co-head of listed equities, Bruce ...

Canadian instos approved for Aussie ag investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
Two Canadian institutional investors now have regulatory approval to acquire 49% of the Australian arm of diversified natural resource company Glencore Agriculture. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said it will not oppose the ...

Shaw and Partners hires insto sales trader

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016
Shaw and Partners has appointed a sales trader in its institutional equities team. Sam Kanaan joins Shaw and Partners from Merrill Lynch, where he specialised in equities trading for institutional clients, focusing on small cap, listed real estate and ...