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Funds SA appoints director of asset allocation

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
... SA is a public sector fund that manages more than $37 billion for public sector superannuation schemes, insurers, and endowment funds. It was set up in 1995, under the Funds SA. legislation passed by the South Australian Parliament, with the purpose ...

Equity Trustees wins investment mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... development comes as EQT won two mandates at the end of last year: one to manage half the investment portfolio of OzChild endowment fund and a custody mandate for HomeCo Daily Needs REIT.

Big year for ESG ahead: MSCI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
The move towards environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations dominated MSCI's Investment Insights 2021 survey. Around 200 executives at different asset owners were surveyed by phone late last year, representing sovereign wealth funds ...

Data letting ESG down: BlackRock

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
Despite the growing emphasis on sustainability and the mainstream nature of ESG considerations, investors are still struggling to find adequate data to inform their decisions. This is according to BlackRock's 2020 Global Sustainable Investing Survey ...

EQT wins endowment mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
Equity Trustees has won a mandate to manage half the investment portfolio of an endowment fund that supports vulnerable children and families in Australia. The $18 million OzChild endowment fund is committed to improving the lives of at-risk children ...

Frontier Advisors eyes international clients

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
The asset consultant is looking for overseas clients, and hopes Aussie platforms will make it easier to work with local emerging institutional clients. Frontier Advisors is the second-largest asset consultant in the not-for-profit superannuation funds. ...

American manager eyes local market

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... macro strategy. Welton Investment Partners is 15-year-old quantitative investor that manages money for institutional, endowment and private investors in United States and Europe. The strategy it is pitching to Australia and New Zealand investors with ...

The fundies of tomorrow

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... proceeds improve the financial literacy of other Australians. Doron Haifer was inspired by the student run university endowment funds in the USA when he established Australian Students Asset Management (ASAM) in 2018. "Only two universities in Australia ...

Instos dial up alternatives allocations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
Most institutional investors are seeking alternative investments to safeguard against COVID-19 volatility. New CoreData Research reveals nearly half (40%) of the 459 participants it surveyed between June and July will ramp up allocations to alternatives ...

QIC portfolio manager moves to Funds SA

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... SA is a public sector fund that manages more than $30 billion for public sector superannuation schemes, insurers and endowment funds. Last year it hired Cameron Sinclair from Future Fund as the director of growth alternatives. Funds SA last year ended ...