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AMP North bolsters managed portfolio offering

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2022
AMP North has added 12 managed portfolios to its investment offering with an additional 21 new investment options. The wrap platform said its new portfolios, from Russell Investments and Zenith Investment Partners, cover a range of strategies and styles ...

Mercer wins sovereign wealth fund mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2022
Mercer is the recipient of a sovereign wealth fund's first implemented consulting mandate. The Tuvalu Trust Fund has appointed Mercer for asset consulting, portfolio implementation services and investment implementation services. Mercer will provide ...

V-Square launches Australian ESG index strategy

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022
... unconstrained tracking error, and it plans to develop a second version to target a lower tracking error. ANZ head of asset owner client coverage MSCI Glen Glee said: "We are pleased to license this custom index to V-Square, which is designed to track ...

Frontier opens Japan office

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
The asset consultant has established its first offshore office, with a new base in Tokyo expected to propel its desired growth in Asian markets. Frontier has been operating in Japan for the last eight years but will now have an on-the-ground presence ...

Inalytics develops new data-driven model

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022
Inalytics has developed a skills-based data model that allows pension funds and other institutional asset owners to effectively and efficiently screen and monitor asset managers. The model, 'DECSIS', analyses the four core investment decisions and processes ...

Frontier appoints new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022
After eight years in the role, Gabriel Szondy has retired as chair of the asset consultant, replaced by a superannuation industry veteran. Szondy joined the board of Frontier in 2008 and has served as chair since 2014. Effective today, he no longer ...

Nader Naeimi promoted at GIC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2022
... 20 years, is now managing director, portfolio manager and head of multi-asset, global macro at the US$744 billion asset owner. He joined GIC eleven months ago as a senior vice president and portfolio manager after taking three months of gardening leave ...

What the election result means for ESG

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
Increased support for the Australian Greens and climate-focused independent 'teal' candidates, signals that governments will no longer only be held accountable by traditional metrics like growth, employment, and productivity, but also by progress against ...

Stock picking dominant source of alpha: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
Stock picking is the main source of alpha in about 90% of institutional portfolios, a research firm has found. Analysis of 752 equity mandates by Inalytics, including several managed on behalf of Australian institutions, found 88% of portfolios generated ...

Australia more worried about inflation: Nuveen

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022
Australian institutional investors are more concerned about inflation than their global counterparts, according to a new survey. Nuveen's second annual EQuilibrium Global Institutional Investor Study revealed similarities in the views and responses ...