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Is climate change a risk to retirement savings?

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
Trustees at the UK's top 25 pension funds have until the end of the month to tell the British parliament what steps are being taken to safeguard $977 billion of retirement money from the impact of climate change. The Environmental Audit Committee's ...

Avenir recruits Platinum analyst

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
Fidante-aligned global equities boutique Avenir Capital appointed a new investment director. Curtis Cifuentes joins Avenir from Platinum Asset Management where he was an investment analyst specialising in Japanese equities and the technology sector ...

Institutional investors on the march in fixed income

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
The number of institutional investors in Asia Pacific who increased allocation to core fixed income over the past three years outweighs those who reduced their holdings. Invesco's first global fixed income study found the majority (52%) of APAC instos ...

Alpha Fund Managers awards income mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
Alpha Fund Managers has awarded a mandate to a specialist credit investment manager. Blue Quay will join the lineup of Alpha's Diversified Income Fund portfolio. Now in its fifth year, the Blue Quay High Income Fund from Blue Quay Investment Management ...

Avenir appoints investment associate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
After launching a retail class of its flagship fund last week, boutique global equities manager Avenir Capital has appointed a new investment associate. Patricia Queipo de Llano Campomanes joins Avenir from Spanish asset manager Arcano, where she was ...

IOOF grows against the grain

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
... reduced by $12.6 million as a result of around 40 full-time staff exiting the business in November 2016. Reduced IT investment, targeted M&A support, and consolidation of properties were also contributing factors. IOOF managing director Christopher Kelaher ...

Bentham hires AMP Capital analyst

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
Bentham Asset Management appointed a senior analyst specialising in bank capital securities. Linden Smith joins Bentham from AMP Capital, where he was a senior credit analyst in the firm's credit research team. In his role Smith was also the main port ...

PIMCO enters private credit joint venture

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
PIMCO is developing and expanding its private credit platform by entering a joint venture with a US investment adviser. The venture with Solar Capital Partners is the result of a relationship between PIMCO and Solar Capital Partners that was initiated ...

Northern Trust wins two NZ Super mandates

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
Northern Trusts Asset Management has been handed two new factor investing mandates by The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation. The mandates - each for NZ$300 million ($286 million) - will distribute funds Northern Trust already invests passively ...

Bentham hires portfolio manager from Credit Suisse

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
Bentham Asset Management has appointed a senior portfolio specialist from Credit Suisse. Daniel Conti joins boutique global credit investment manager having spent the past nine years working in the asset management division of Credit Suisse where he ...