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Former BlackRock president joins Yarra board

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
The former head of Blackrock Japan will join Yarra Capital Management's board as a non-executive director and senior adviser for Japan. Prior to BlackRock, new Yarra director Masato Degawa held senior roles at Societe Generale Asset Management and J.P. ...

Contango appoints small cap portfolio manager

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
Contango Asset Management (CGA) has appointed the portfolio manager for its small cap strategy. Richard Ivers was previously a senior investment analyst with CGA, having joined in 2016. Before this, he was a portfolio manager at River Capital and a ...

Retail investors given equity crowdfunding boost

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
The Government today extended the existing equity crowdfunding framework, giving retail investors access to start-ups and small businesses. The revamped framework will allow smaller companies and start-ups to attract equity crowdfunding while retaining ...

CVC to launch venture capital fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
Listed investment manager CVC is currently raising capital for a new venture capital fund. The CVC Add+Venture Fund is an early and expansion-stage VC vehicle, targeted to exceed 25% internal rate of return. It's designed with a shorter-term investment ...

Ardea appoints retail funds head

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
Fixed income manager Ardea Investment Management has appointed a new head of retail funds. Gopi Karunakaran joins Ardea from Saka Capital in Singapore, where he was a portfolio manager. Before that, he was also a portfolio manager at Tricadia Capital ...

Superannuation and debt: Inextricably linked

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
The types of debt held in Australian households shift through the generations, but the amount stays roughly the same - and this has important implications for the superannuation industry. University of Limerick senior lecturer in economics Stephen Kinsella ...

Revisiting the active versus passive cage fight

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
The ongoing "cage fight" between active and index managers has a tendency to overshadow some essential tenets of portfolio construction, according to Vanguard investment specialist Mary McLaughlin. McLaughlin spoke at the Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

PM Capital appoints sales director

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
PM Capital has appointed a sales director for the Queensland region. James Noone was previously head of sales and marketing at Financial Advice Matters. Prior to that, he held a similar role at FTS Personal Advice, and has also worked at TAL, Aviva ...

Managed Accounts Forum draws record crowd

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... have only been able to execute portfolios to my satisfaction in the last 12 months." Further, Rainmaker head of research Alex Dunnin will present findings from the Financial Standard 2017 Adviser Survey in Managed Accounts and, for the first time, the ...

Smash the super status quo

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
Parametic managing director, research for Australasia Raewyn Williams believes the super industry is innovating way too incrementally. Describing herself as an "agent provocateur" to delegates at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super ...