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Myer Family Company appoints CIO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
Myer Family Company is welcoming three new hires to its investment team, including a chief investment officer. The family office has appointed Michael E. Drew as chief investment officer along with the Adam Walk as head of investments. Drew and Walk ...

Russell appoints senior analyst

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
Global asset manager Russell Investments appointed former BT Financial Group senior investment analyst Jane Williams to its global research team. Williams, who spent seven years with BTFG, joined Russell in January as a senior manager research analyst ...

Rainmaker hires former CIFR chief

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
Rainmaker Group, publisher of Financial Standard, is welcoming Professor David Gallagher as a consultant to the research and media business. Gallagher will work with Rainmaker to further develop its research function and its Continuing Professional ...

Whitehelm drives Prime Super outperformance

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
Whitehelm Capital's partnership with Prime Super played a key role in delivering strong outperformance in 2016, the latter said. Whitehelm, which advises on the $3 billion held in Prime Super across 120,000 member accounts, was instrumental in driving ...

Altair hires distribution GM

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
High-conviction Australian equities manager Altair Asset Management appointed a new general manager business development. Joining Altair is Philip Heggie. He will oversee distribution strategy in all market segments, covering individual retail investors ...

India looking good in Trump's world

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
The prospect of increased foreign investment places India in a strong position to profit from economic reforms expected throughout 2017, according to an Indian investment specialist. Specialist India-focused investment house India Avenue Investment ...

Bond investors urged to play tactics

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
Tactical trading strategies, particularly in direct securities, will offer the greatest opportunities for Australian bond investors over the next few months, says BondAdviser. In its 2017 outlook, the fixed income research platform found the possibility ...

Asset manager profits under pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
The end of a 30-year bull market in assets is putting pressure on asset managers' profit margins - and may mean the industry has reached its peak. In a recent Lipper Alpha Insight discussion, Financial Conduct Authority technical specialist - investment ...

Wilson lodges to scrap Hunter Hall LIC board

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
Wilson Asset Management chair Geoff Wilson will lodge a requisition of shareholders meeting to remove the current Hunter Hall Global Value board and appoint three new independent directors. The proposed directors are corporate lawyer Kym Evans, Affinity ...

Real assets courting insto appetites in 2017

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
The majority of large institutional investors will ramp their exposure to real assets in 2017, according to BlackRock research. BlackRock's global survey of 240 large institutional investors - including public and corporate pensions, insurers and foundations ...