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Time to reset member return expectations?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
... whether their success had made funds "complacent" in the face higher risks of a downturn. "Every year, we survey asset consultants and large funds about their expectations for all asset classes over the next decade," Rice Warner said. "The expected outcomes ...

JANA hires quantitative applications lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... techniques in quantitative analytics, as well as help clients work through an increasingly demanding and complex field, the asset consultant said. JANA has made several appointments this year in an effort to boost its footprint. Its headcount of about ...

Super fund appoints new asset consultant

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
A $30 billion super fund has appointed an asset consultant, replacing Willis Towers Watson. ESSSuper, the Melbourne-based fund for Victorian emergency services and state employees, has announced the appointment of Frontier Advisers as asset consultant. ...

JANA hires operations lead, boosts workforce

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
Asset consultant JANA has recently welcomed a new head of operations and made a raft of appointments in a bid to boost its footprint. John Montague joined the Melbourne-based firm in the newly created role after working as a consultant for the past ...

Global manager welcomes former CFSGAM head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
The former head of client relationships at Colonial First State Global Asset Management has joined the leadership team of a $695 billion investment manager. MFS Investment Management has named Daniel Bristow as director of consultant relations in Australia. ...

Financial advisers weigh in on factor investing

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... investing whether they acknowledge this or not. Understanding how factors work and interact with each other enables asset consultants or fund managers to better capture their potential for excess return and reduced risk, he said. Factor investing, which ...

Industry funds announce $26bn joint venture

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2019
... firms. The journey was smoothed by the overlap between the two super fund's key external vendors. Both use JANA as the asset consultant, NAB asset servicing as the custodian and Mercer as the administrator. They were also willing to have a skills-based ...

Class makes managed accounts play

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
... will significantly accelerate growth to make Philo an even more attractive partner to advice groups, platforms, asset consultants and investment managers." Philo was established in 2012 and has contributed to the managed account offerings of Centric ...

InvestSense hires head of adviser solutions

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
... clients. InvestSense was launched in 2014 as a portfolio construction and consulting firm by Van Eyk's former asset consultants Jonathan Ramsay, Jonathan Tolub and Andronaco. Carrington commented: "I've longed believed managed accounts will play ...

SMSF investments reach far and wide

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... and investors are banking on the value increasing as a result of those factors," LaGreca explains. "Accredited art consultants will determine the current market values based on recent sales of similar classes of artwork by these artists through galleries ...