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Business as usual for PIMCO Australia

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
The head of PIMCO's investment business in Australia expects no changes to processes, investment strategy or personnel following the shock exit of 'bond king' Bill Gross last month. "The Australian portfolio management team continues to invest for our ...

Cbus reveals executive pay

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... David Atkin, who received a total of $580,040 for the year. The second highest paid was executive manager of investment strategy Kristian Fok, who received $500,000. He was followed by executive manager of investment management Trish Donohue, who earned ...

HOSTPLUS to launch lifecycle option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... Speaking in Sydney yesterday, HOSTPLUS chief executive David Elia said the new investment option will tailor its investment strategy to members' life stage. "Throughout the course of next year we will also be introducing HOSTPLUS Life, a life cycle investment ...

SMSF borrowers should be forced to seek advice: AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... fund." This advice would need to clearly explain the risks of the strategy and also model the outcome of the investment strategy including sensitivity to a change in interest rates," the document continued. The AFA acknowledged that this would be a cost ...

AXA ESG SmartBeta fund available to retail investors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... targeted at institutional investors, but this move will open it up retail investors. AXA RosenbergA director of investment strategy Kathryn McDonald, said of the novel move to combine environmental, social and governance screens with a smart beta approach ...

Why are bonds no longer a safe haven?

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... safe haven is being challenged by a surge in global financial market re-regulation, according to UBS head of investment strategy Tracey McNaughton. At a media briefing in Sydney yesterday McNaughton said that the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act in 1999 ...

Towers Watson shakes up manager research teams

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... 'asset class' agnostic and operated in line with broadly defined investment return drivers when developing investment strategy and portfolio construction for our clients, so we are taking the opportunity to re-structure the manager research team under ...

Future Fund appoints CIO from within

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... diligence and selection and monitoring processes for assets and investment managers. Future Fund's current head of investment strategy Stephen Gilmore will take on additional responsibility for managing and monitoring total portfolio risk settings while ...

Retirement phase top issue for super in FSI

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... investors who work from first principles and regard tax as only one of many factors when giving effect to an investment strategy," it said. Both REST Industry Super and UniSuper defended active management, saying it had brought their members significant ...

Voya appoints head of emerging market debt

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... its fixed income team as head of emerging markets. He will be responsible for directing the fund manager's investment strategy across all fixed income asset classes in emerging markets including sovereign and corporate debt, macro analysis, country research ...