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Super moves: Future Fund, WTW

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... investment analyst. WTW is a global asset consultant, providing advice in risk management, strategic and dynamic asset allocation, portfolio construction, investment manager selection, sustainable investment, investment governance, and delegated investment ...

Escala poised to overhaul strategy

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... McNaughton joined from UBS Asset Management, where she managed investment strategy, before serving as head of asset allocation at Wilsons Advisory and subsequently accepting the investment chief position at Escala in 2019. As for Howard, the former UBS ...

RBA cut expected, but then what?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
... domestic flow of data rather than international developments in the monetary policy setting process." Zenith head of asset allocation Damien Hennessy agrees that while the situation with the US has caused uncertainty, Australia has weathered the storm ...

State insurer names new CIO as government review looms

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... strategy and operational performance. Iverson, who will replace Paul Dyer next month, has led ACC's dynamic asset allocation programme for the past four years. His appointment signals continuity at the helm of one of New Zealand's largest institutional ...

US financial market dominance can't last indefinitely: MSCI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... But now, even long-term investors, he said, are asking themselves whether they want to devote so much of their asset allocation to a single market - albeit one that's been successful historically - when its financial weighting far surpasses its share ...

Super moves: QIC, VFMC, ESSSuper, Aware Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... Frontier Advisers, where she was promoted to the new quantitative research consultant within the capital markets and asset allocation team, just 12 months ago. The quant has focused on macroeconomic analysis, quantitative research and modelling since ...

Future Fund muscles past annual target return, lags in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... total value to a record $240.8 billion. Global equities comprise the largest proportion of the Future Fund's asset allocation, totalling $80 billion, primarily in developed markets. Other substantial exposures include $36 billion in alternatives ...

Vado Private announces senior hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... opportunities in corporate debt. Zukerman will also develop and implement all investment strategies, oversee asset allocation and risk management, and be responsible for fund performance and reporting. This includes tracking fund performance against ...

Frontier Advisors lands major mandate from asset management giant

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... said its NAVIS platform, which offers pension clients access to a suite of market data, tools, and resources for asset allocation planning, represents an industry first in the Japanese corporate pensions market. "[It offers] plan sponsors timely information ...

Federal Court hammers defunct advice firm with $11m penalty

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
Defunct advice firm Equiti Financial Services, since renamed DOD Bookkeeping, which has been placed into liquidation, has been slammed with an $11.03 million penalty for providing "cookie cutter" advice and breaching conflicted remuneration laws. Equiti ...