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SSgA ETF head leaves following appointment of new boss

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) Asia Pacific head of ETFs Frank Henze has stood down after more than three and a half years with the company. Henze's resignation follows a reshuffle of SSgA's Asia Pacific intermediary business group which saw James ...

Russell reshuffles implementation business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
Russell Investments has appointed John Venardos to head its implementation services business in the Australasian region. Beginning in his new role in Sydney on 18 June, Venardos replaces Daniel Birch, who will shift across to join Russell's Australian ...

UBS launches farmland investment service

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
UBS Global Asset Management has established an Australia and New Zealand farmland investment advisory service to meet the growing institutional demand for assets, particularly from Asia. The new capability will offer direct farmland ownership and exposure ...

Federal Court finds S&P guilty in landmark ruling

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
A landmark ruling by the Federal Court against ratings agency Standard & Poor's, ABN AMRO and Local Government Financial Services (LGFS) could have implications across the world. The Federal Court ruled in favour of 12 NSW local councils who lost millions ...

Investors return to active global equities managers

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
Active managers in the global equities space are back in favour following an extended period of outflows, according to Fidelity portfolio manager Amit Lodha. Between 2008 and 2012, active global equity funds saw net outflows of US$825 billion (A$870 ...

Beware high correlations: AQR

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
An allocation to hedge funds is necessary to stand any chance of making any money in down markets, according to AQR Capital Management co-founder and head of client strategies David Kabiller. The former Goldman Sachs executive said that traditional ...

Van Eyk adds SMAs to research platform

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
Researcher van Eyk has added separately managed account (SMA) data to its online research and portfolio tool, iRate. As a growing number of financial advisers look to recommend direct investments, van Eyk's new service has made data available for around ...

PROFILE: Invesco CEO Martin Franc

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... Australian institutional market, chief executive Martin Franc outlines his strategic vision for the fund manager and tells Mark Smith why he's the perfect man to steer the ship. US-listed fund manager Invesco is a business with a strong global brand ...

Former Future Fund MD joins Qantas Super

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
Industry stalwart Paul Costello has been appointed as a director on the Qantas Super Board. He replaces General Sir Peter Cosgrove, who stepped down from the boards of Qantas and Qantas Super last January to become Australia's Governor-General. Costello ...

150,000 candidates cramming for CFA exams

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
Almost 150,000 candidates from 179 countries are gearing up to sit six hours of examinations for their Level I, II and III CFA qualifications on Saturday. The number of exam registrations for this year's December 2013 to June 2014 exam cycle exceeds ...