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LaSalle appoints head of funds from Charter Hall

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
LaSalle Investment Management has appointed a former Charter Hall fund manager as head of funds management for Australia. Chris Forbes will be based in Sydney and will be responsible for driving fund performance of the LaSalle Australia Core Plus Fund ...

Naos adds portfolio manager

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... be responsible for identifying, analysing and investing in both domestic and global equities across four of the company's funds. These includes; Naos Long/ Short Equity Fund and Naos Emerging Companies Fund as well as its two listed investment companies ...

Industry fund brands stronger than retail

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
Industry super funds have the edge over their retail counterparts when it comes to brand perception, new research by CoreData shows. CoreData's Super Fund Brand Research Q4 2014 asked more than 2,000 Australians to rate the largest 23 superannuation ...

PIMCO appoints vice president, client analytics

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... top-down investment challenges around asset and risk allocation while providing customisation for local issues facing super funds," PIMCO managing director and portfolio manager Robert Mead said. Prior to PIMCO, Ryan held positions at AustralianSuper ...

APRA-ABS super surveys to commence Jan 2016

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has written to super fund RSEs advising them that enhanced data reporting by super funds to facilitate the data needs of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will commence in January 2016. APRA works with the ...

Zenith awards two funds 'Recommended' ratings

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
Research house Zenith has awarded 'Recommended' ratings to two international equity funds. JPMorgan's Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund received the rating with Zenith praising the investment team as "is one of the strongest within the emerging market ...

Asset owners throwing money away in hidden fees

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... down." Novarca won business from institutional clients in Europe, United Kingdom and the US representing over $500 billion in funds analysed and optimised in 2014 alone. The company said it has never had a client that it hasn't found savings for.

Boutique corporate super realigns following MySuper

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... select and personal products. The findings are contained in the latest Rainmaker Advantage report that revealed platform funds under advice (FUA) in master trusts and wraps increased $40 billion over the 12 months to end September 2014 to reach $504 ...

VicSuper awards $100M absolute return mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... $300 million today. The new mandate is expected to "focus on absolute return rather than relative return," Grant Samuel Funds Management chief executive Andrew McKinnon said. Grant Samuel formed a distribution relationship with P&R in 2011 and McKinnon ...

CFSGAM completes fundraising for European infrastructure fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... Sweden, Denmark and Spain). The Fund's investor base is made up of 49 institutional investors of whom the majority are pension funds and insurance companies from a diversified client base across Europe, Asia, Australia, Middle East and North America. ...