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Hunter Hall veteran launches new business

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
A former portfolio manager of Hunter Hall's Value Growth Trust and its Global Value LIC is launching a new asset management business, having been granted a licence last week. Yizhong Chan worked at Hunter Hall for 10 years; during that time he made ...

SSGA appoints head of Asia-Pacific

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
State Street Global Advisors named Lochiel Crafter's replacement as the head of its Asia-Pacific business. James MacNevin was previously chief operating officer, Asia-Pacific at SSGA. He joined the company in 1994 as Asia-Pacific head of investment ...

Topdocs enhances platform with extended partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
Topdocs has integrated new functionality into its company registration platform by extending its partnership with a provider of financial compliance software. Under the enhanced partnership with BGL, Topdocs users can register new companies and have ...

Aussie crypto fund opens to wholesale investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... actively managed portfolio of crypto assets." Andersson, the fund's chief investment officer, said: "With an Australian Unit Trust we are offering the market something new in a familiar package." "The fund provides investors a way to easily diversify ...

2018 Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards

JOHN DYALL  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
The 2018 Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards recognise investment strategies that showcase all the qualities investors are looking for in an investment manager in an evidence-based and transparent way. Investment leadership is not only about ...

Financial Standard names Investment Leadership Award winners

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017
Financial Standard is proud to announce the winners of its first Investment Leadership Awards in recognition of investment managers' strategies that have persistently delivered outstanding investment solutions and outcomes. The Investment Leadership ...

Financial Standard launches the Investment Leadership Awards

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
... "Investment management is going through a period of rapid innovation. The rise of indexed strategies, new alternatives to unit trust and AI-led stockpicking threaten to challenge age-old industry wisdom and convention," Rainmaker Information head of ...

SSGA sales head lands top job, successor named

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
The head of managed fund sales at State Street Global Advisors in Australia is relocating to the US headquarters in Boston for a senior role. Starting in the new year, Amy Johnston will lead a sales team across the Americas servicing corporates, endowments ...

Mainstream renews boutique fund administration mandate

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
Global fund administrator Mainstream Fund Services has renewed one of its long-standing mandates, allowing the firm to deliver fund administration services to an Australian boutique manager. Following a comprehensive review of operations, Mainstream ...

TAL maintains life insurance market lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
TAL continues to hold the largest share of the $16.1 billion life insurance market in the 12 months to June, figures from Strategic Insight show. TAL recorded $2.9 billion in risk premiums, closely followed by AIA Australia with $2.3 billion in which ...