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Passive investors probably not Marxist parasites: MSCI

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
MSCI head of Research Remy Briand has countered a recent paper from AllianceBernstein which suggested passive investing is "worse than Marxism." The original paper, spearheaded by Bernstein Investment Research and Management head of global quantitative ...

Blue Sky reshuffles directors

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
Blue Sky has made two new appointments to its board of directors. Elaine Stead has extensive experience with Blue Sky, having joined in 2013 as head of venture capital; during that time, she launched two venture capital funds and deployed over $80 million ...

Invesco adds to property team

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... Australian team. Louis O'Loughlin joined IRE's Sydney team on 26 September and will work closely with manager of acquisitions Tim Meurer and manager of investments Matt Starr. In his role O'Loughlin will be responsible for financial modelling and real ...

Top boutique in first push for new investors

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... Company. Portfolio manager Wiemin Xie, meanwhile, is a quant specialist with a computer science degree. Fellow portfolio manager Tim Masters has a background in debt having worked in Westpac's institutional bank. Rounding out the investment team is dealer ...

VFMC CIO steps down, CFO departs

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
Victorian Funds Management Corporation will farewell its chief investment officer and chief financial officer in the coming months. After leading the VFMC investment strategy for eight years, Justin Pascoe is stepping down as CIO to spend more time ...

Industry heavyweights back listed venture fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
Some of the industry's best-known entrepreneurs have thrown their weight behind a new listed investment fund which aims to provide funding for early and growth stage fintech start-ups. H2Ocean, the latest brainchild of H2 Ventures founders Ben and Toby ...

Dark pools effective at reducing volatility spikes: Liquidnet

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
Liquidnet research has shown that volatility of securities is reduced by over 103% in the minute before a block trade when using the firm's anonymous dark pool. The Liquidnet Block Study examined roughly 32,000 block trades - that is, trades executed ...

Bank acquires WA Government loans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
The West Australian Government has sold off a billion dollar mortgage portfolio to a bank. Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has acquired the $1.35 billion portfolio of standard residential loans from Keystart, a company wholly owned by the West Australian ...

CFS to integrate with IRESS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
Colonial First State has appointed IRESS to provide back-end technology for its FirstWrap platform. CFS will implement IRESS Portfolio System (IPS) technology onto its managed accounts solution in a bid to satisfy growing adviser demand. CFS acting ...

No new monetary policy moves on horizon: AB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
Don't anticipate any further significant easing of monetary policy or any aggressive policy tightening any time soon, AllianceBernstein (AB) has said at a media briefing in Sydney. With its impact having been both minor and unpopular to date, any more ...