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Asset owners must embrace change

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... becoming a key driver of change in the institutional investor world given the intense competition for returns, for investment talent and for strong leadership in value-chain management. "Asset owners are increasingly grappling with fresh demands on their ...

PROFILE: AMP Horizons director Amelia Constantinidis

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
Running one of the nation's most highly regarded training programs for financial advisers might seem like an unusual job for a former typist turned IT executive but Mark Smith found out that it is actually the most fitting role for AMP Horizons director ...

PIMCO chief El-Erian steps down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
... specialist, portfolio managers Andrew Balls and Daniel Ivascyn will become deputy investment chiefs. PIMCO's global head of talent management Jay Jacobs has been named president. PIMCO co-founder Bill Gross will remain chief investment officer. Craig ...

AMP Capital CIO departs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2013

Star manager Tagliaferro adopts "mentor role"

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
... Australian funds management stalwart Anton Tagliaferro has said he has adopted "more of a mentor role" and is looking to develop talent from within Investors Mutual Limited (IML). IML is celebrating its 15th Anniversary this year and the domestic equities ...

Secrets of world's greatest investors revealed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
Operate with less risk than your peers, be prepared to change strategy if the market changes, don't invest in what you don't understand and work very hard. These are some of the attributes that characterise the world's 99 greatest investors, according ...

Platinum offers $15,000 financial planning scholarship

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... we see this scholarship as a way of supporting the efforts of the FPA to raise educational standards and encourage new talent into the industry," Platinum director of communications and investor services Liz Norman said. Raising standards of education ...

Asset manager growth ambitions slowed by regulation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
Australian asset managers say their growth ambitions are being hindered by regulatory constraints and the burden of updating systems and process, according to a survey of 200 Asia Pacific managers commissioned by State Street. In a bid to improve transparency ...

NAB launches new set of real return portfolios

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
... are in the process of building this into the investment portfolio. We are also going to continue to invest in existing talent as well as selectively adding more people to our teams," he said. In August, State Street Global Advisers (SSgA) unveiled a ...

Industry super trustees lack investment experience

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
... board level, or even at executive level," he continued. Urwin said the problem stems from Australia only having a limited talent pool relative to other markets and to address the problem he wants to see a more rewarding structure, to encourage talented ...