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Equipsuper investment chief on re-energising his team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022
In anticipation of a recession, Equipsuper chief investment officer Andrew Howard says the revamp is the culmination of a six-month drive to get the right people in place. Providing an update to Industry Moves, Howard says he's confident the fund ...

First Sentier launches small cap fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
First Sentier has launched a new Australian small companies fund that offers a long short strategy to wholesale and retail investors. The First Sentier Australian Small Companies Long Short Opportunities Fund seeks out small high-quality companies that ...

First Super: Merger pressure fizzles out

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
The blind rush to consolidate that gripped the $3.4 trillion superannuation sector in recent times may be finally over, according to First Super chief executive Bill Watson. Instead of seeing big funds gobbling up smaller rivals, Watson expects more ...

ETFs, smart beta grow in popularity

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2022
Financial advisers continue to be engaged with ETF strategies, with 88% using them to boost client portfolios in Australia this year. The annual VanEck Australian Smart Beta Survey collected data from 650 Australian financial advisers and brokers; the ...

A solution to active fund underperformance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
New analysis by VanEck questions why so many investors continue to invest in active funds, saying underperformance by active managers is not a recent phenomenon. According to the SPIVA scorecard produced by the S&P Dow Jones Indices, over the last 15 ...

Maple-Brown Abbott launches Australian small companies fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022
Maple-Brown Abbott has launched an Australian small companies fund to be managed by Phillip Hudak and Matt Griffin. Hudak and Griffin joined in April after previously managing the AMP Capital Australian Emerging Companies strategy. Maple-Brown Abbott ...

OC Funds Management snares senior investment analyst

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022
OC Funds Management has hired Aaron Yeoh as a senior investment analyst. Reporting to the head of investment Robert Frost, Yeoh will be responsible for research and analysis of Australian small and mid-cap companies. Yeoh will also add to the team's ...

Maple-Brown Abbott lifts AMP Capital managers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
Boutique investment manager Maple-Brown Abbott has lifted two small cap portfolio managers from AMP Capital. Phillip Hudak and Matt Griffin will join Maple-Brown Abbott as co-portfolio managers, Australian small companies, at the end of April. They ...

Nucleus Wealth adds director

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2022
Nucleus Wealth chief operating officer Shelley George has been appointed director for the wealth firm. Nucleus Wealth founder and chief investment officer Damien Klassen commented on the new appointment. "Shelley has been with the company for over two ...

Multi-boutique appoints head of private wealth

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
Warakirri Asset Management hired from UBS for the newly created role of head of private wealth. Ben Williams was head of wholesale client coverage at the Swiss bank for over four years. He was previously national manager, retail at Lazard Asset Management ...