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Realindex appoints former BlackRock executive

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
First Sentier Investors' systematic equities manager Realindex Investment has appointed a former BlackRock executive to the newly created role of senior quantitative portfolio manager. Joanna Nash has 13 years' experience in quantitative investment ...

Former analyst gets three year sentence

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
A former investment analyst from Maple-Brown Abbott was sentenced to three years' imprisonment, after pleading guilty to insider trading in Big Un shares. Michael Ming Jinn Ho will serve the three years via an intensive correction order (aka a sentence ...

HESTA adds to leadership team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
HESTA has announced the appointment of a head of portfolio management as it continues to build out its new-look investment team. Alan Sheen has been named as head of portfolio management, the newest addition to the new-look senior investment leadership ...

Increased SG equals increased fees: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
New research from the University of Sydney suggests that raising the superannuation guarantee to 12% will send fees through the roof. The study conducted by Cameron Murray, economist and research fellow at the University of Sydney, found that increasing ...

First State Super makes first take-private bid

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
First State Super, soon to be Aware Super, has made a bid to acquire 100% of the shares in a listed telco, in what comes as the super fund's first direct bid for an ASX-listed company. The $95 billion industry super fund has made a bid to acquire ...

Ardea IM announces research partnership

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
The $15 billion fixed income specialist has announced a new research partnership, set to strengthen its academic research capabilities to the benefit of clients. Ardea Investment Management has partnered with the University of Technology Sydney to create ...

Sydney tax professional jailed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
A tax professional has been sentenced to one year and eight months jail, having pleaded guilty to lodging false income tax returns and amendments without his clients' knowledge. Hussain Nazeer admitted guilt for dishonestly causing a loss to the Commonwealth ...

Former IFM executive joins KKR

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
A former director of IFM Investors has joined KKR as head of client partner group for the local region. Nicholas Hyde is responsible for managing and expanding KKR's client relationships in Australia and New Zealand, raising capital for public markets ...

WAM names new board member

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
Geoff Wilson's WAM Capital has appointed a former Commonwealth Bank chief technology officer to its board, set to help strengthen the investment group's technological capabilities. Matthew Pancino has nabbed the role, however, the appointment remains ...

Former Crestone CIO starts new boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
A former chief investment officer of Crestone Wealth Management has started a new Sydney boutique that invests in equities, with plans to expand into other asset classes. David Sokulsky left Crestone in late 2017 to move to LIC Concentrated Leaders ...