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Altair appoints heads of research

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
High conviction Australian equities boutique manager Altair Asset Management has appointed Alvin Chan and Tim Riordan as co-heads of research for the investment firm. The announcement follows the recent appointment of former Platinum Asset Management ...

MyPlanner launches managed account solution

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... said. "This process has demonstrated that we don't need to solely rely on big brand fund managers because there are many boutique Australian-based managers who can construct and manage robust investment portfolios focused on client outcomes," she added. ...

Advice M&A activity set to soar in 2015

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
Advice business mergers and acquisitions are set to reach unprecedented levels in 2015 thanks to regulatory certainty and an increasing demand for independent financial advice. "The shackles of poor investment markets and legislative uncertainty have ...

Investor sentiment shifting overseas

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... that advises the Maple-Brown Abbott Global Listed Infrastructure investment fund. Minack was speaking at a briefing the boutique manager convened this morning. "Australia is not seeing the end of a once in a generation mining boom but the end of a once ...

Risk not the endgame

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
A young Australian boutique absolute return fund rapidly establishing a mark for outperformance highlights how new funds have to deliver something very special if they want to be noticed. Auscap Asset Management is a small absolute return long short ...

Challenger retail annuity sales up 8%, profit down

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... Challenger's funds management arm had total net flows of $6.8 billion, up from $1.1 billion a year before. The Fidante Partners boutique funds division had organic net flows of $1.6 billion and saw an increase in funds under management of 18% due to ...

Parametric grows investment team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... super funds.A He also worked with the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority.A Most recently, Zhang worked with a boutique funds management firm which he co-founded via a management buyout.

Plato hires senior quant analyst from SSgA

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
Quantitative equities boutique Plato Investment Management has appointed a senior quantitative analyst from State Street Global Advisors (SSgA). Dr Jonathan Whiteoak will primarily be responsible for driving research into quantitative stock selection ...

Challenger nabs CBA exec for top funds management role

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... business with $53 billion in funds under management that includes Challenger Investment Partners and the Fidante Partners boutique incubator. Saines will replace Rob Woods, who has been appointed to the newly-created role of Challenger chief executive ...

Boutique corporate super realigns following MySuper

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... commented that the slowing growth among the Corporate superannuation platform sector may reflect a market realignment as some boutique groups have used the introduction of MySuper as an opportunity to move away from default workplace superannuation in ...