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Canadian pension fund manager dumps Blue Sky

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
The strategic partnership between Blue Sky Alternative Investments and a $170 billion Canadian pension fund investment manager has been terminated. Blue Sky Water Partners has worked with Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) ...

Mercer names head of investment consulting

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
Mercer has appointed a head of investment consulting in a newly created role. Michael Armitage will lead investment consulting activities in Australia within the institutional wealth team. Melbourne-based Armitage was most recently director of investment ...

Former Macquarie executive takes new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has appointed a former Macquarie executive as its new chief risk officer. Andrew Werro has taken on the newly created position, bringing more than 25 years' experience in financial services. Werro is a former chief financial ...

Blue Sky appoints CFO

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
Blue Sky Alternative Investments is still searching for a chief executive and a chief risk officer, but it begins 2019 with a new chief financial officer as it reboots its executive lineup. Elizabeth Walker starts as Blue Sky Alternative Investments' ...

Chief economist update: ECB bids farewell to QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
... inflation pressures." Certainly, optimism is a given for any central banker. Has anyone ever heard a central banker declare, "the sky is falling" or utter Glum's (of Gulliver's Travels fame) "we're doomed, we'll never make it"? Even ex-Fed ...

Industry fund finds new advice tech partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
A $4.9 billion industry superannuation fund partnered with a financial planning technology firm as part of a rebrand of its advice offering to members. BUSSQ is working with Midwinter Financial Services, rolling out its AdviceOS platform to enhance ...

WAM names prospective Blue Sky LIC team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
Wilson Asset Management has reconfirmed interest in taking over the Blue Sky LIC's management after Pinnacle withdrew its offer, naming the team that will lead it. Wilson Asset Management has put forth the name of Andrew Siew from its investment management ...

Blue Sky LIC adds new directors, denied pay rise

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
Two new board directors have been appointed to oversee the Blue Sky Alternative Access Fund. At the same time, a six-figure aggregate increase to the annual remuneration of non-executive directors was not approved by shareholders. Based on proxy forms ...

Super pool ripe for adviser picking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
The growing pool of superannuation means there has never been a better time to be a financial adviser, according to a new industry white paper. With super assets projected to hit $9.5 trillion by 2035, ClearView believes this represents an unprecedented ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street in drunken sailor's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... extrapolate to all would be good. Market down, well...just bring out the list of the opposites...and then extrapolate to "the sky is falling"...until the next day's upturn. Let me take you back because I'm going to the days when the Fed first ...