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NAB Asset Management hires insto director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
NAB Asset Management appointed a new director of institutional business, formerly of JCP Investment Partners. A spokesperson for NAB Asset Management confirmed the appointment of Colin Keenan, effective this month. Keenan was most recently a senior ...

Instos flex influence over investee companies

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
Superannuation funds and fund managers wield significant influence over capital allocation decisions in companies they invest in, research from Monash Business School finds. About 275 Australian institutional investors, the majority of which work in ...

Fund manager insto lead exits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
The head of institutional at a $5 billion hedge fund manager has departed. Ellerston Capital has confirmed the departure of head of institutional sales and client relations Melinda Carter. Carter served in the role for just over 12 months, having joined ...

Smart beta now mainstream for instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
Nearly six in 10 institutional asset owners are now using smart beta strategies in their portfolios, according to a new survey of 178 instos by FTSE Russell. Adoption has doubled what it was five years ago when roughly three in 10 used smart beta. Last ...

Investment giant appoints global insto lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
The USD$1.2 trillion asset management business of one of the world's largest insurance providers has named its new institutional relationships lead. PGIM appointed Cameron Lochhead as the global head of its institutional relationship group to take a ...

Major instos hit with cartel class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
Maurice Blackburn today filed a class action in the Federal Court suing UBS, Barclays, Citibank, Royal Bank of Scotland and JP Morgan. The class action alleges the banks colluded to rig foreign exchange rates during a period between January 2008 and ...

Aussie instos among most responsible investors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
Two major Australian institutional investors are among the world's most responsible asset allocators, according to a new report. AustralianSuper and Victoria Funds Management Corporation were recognised for their commitment to responsible long-term ...

Tribeca fund cops another departure, downgraded

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
Tribeca Investment Partners' $978 million Alpha Plus Fund has seen another departure from its investment team after long-standing portfolio manager Sean Fenton fled the coop earlier this month. Quantitative analyst Peter Moore resigned on April ...

Super funds hungry for global stocks, alternatives

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
The lion's share of the institutional mandates awarded in Australia last year went to international equities and alternatives manager, the latest Rainmaker Mandate Chaser report shows. Not-for-profit superannuation funds and investment managers handed ...

Principal appoints insto sales director

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
The former head of Fidelity's institutional business in Australia has joined Principal Global Investors. Warwick Boys will join Principal as director of institutional sales for Australia. Boys led Fidelity's institutional sales team for four years and ...