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Northern Trust wins NZ Super mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
Northern Trust's international asset management arm has been appointed to run a Barclays Global Aggregate fixed income mandate for the $26 billion New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super). The new mandate, which incorporates the super funds' environmental ...

Bennelong appoints insto distribution director

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... where he was product manager - equity long/short strategies. He has also held positions at Cazenove Capital Management, Barclays Wealth, Coutts & Co and Merchant Investors. At Bennelong, Durance will report to head of distribution Andrew Aitken. He will ...

CBA exec to head Westpac Institutional Bank

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... number of senior roles at CBA, including group treasurer from 2007 to 2013. She was also head of financial institutions at Barclays Capital in Australia and head of securitisation at Citibank in Australia. "Lyn is a highly experienced banker, and is ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... $US1.1144 from $US1.1200 in New York late Friday. "The rebound was mostly technical," said Renaud Murail, a trader at Barclays Bourse in Paris. The logic is that "when the euro falls, the stock markets rise" as the weaker currency is likely to boost ...

Suncorp names new chief executive

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... Suncorp Group non-executive director since 2012. He has previously held roles at St. George, CBA, NAB, MLC, Lend Lease and Barclays. Suncorp group chair Ziggy Switkowski commented on Cameron's appointment, saying: "His understanding of Suncorp and the ...

Stone and Chalk names chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... will be Australian-born Alex Scandurra, recognised as one of London's top fintech architects most recently working for Barclays. The fintech hub will reportedly include low cost space and support services, industry networks through corporate partners ...

PM Capital global fund boosts income growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... has a 96% net equity exposure. The fund's top five holdings are Lloyds Bank (UK), ING Group (Netherlands), Pfizer (US), Barclays Plc (UK) and Google Inc (US). "The basic framework we employ at PM CAPITAL has not changed," PM Capital chairman and chief ...

MSCI makes key hire to lead local ETF charge

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... Consulting and ETF Portfolio Solutions, which he founded in 2010. Prior to that, he was head of investor solutions at Barclays Capital in Australia. Between 2000 and 2009, Bradbury held several senior positions at Barclays Global Investors (BGI), including ...

Women-led companies better for investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... several investment managers have already developed 'gender-based' investment solutions: Pax World Investments in the US, Barclays in Europe and Infinitas Asset Management in Australia. Earlier this month Infinitas released their own white paper on the ...

Bond experts reiterate need for flexible duration strategy

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... of the drivers of investment returns, it is a crucial factor for investors to consider. The duration of the benchmark Barclays Global Aggregate Index has now stretched out to 6.44 years in part because companies and governments are able to issue longer-dated ...