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Hyperion wins $300m Optimix mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
Optimix has given Hyperion Asset Management a $300 million Australian equities investment mandate following a review of its manager lineup. Hyperion's appointment comes after Optimix reviewed the strategies of its Australian equities specialist investment ...

Perennial gains intl insto mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
... management at Perennial, said the fund manager has focused on gaining more international investors and gained an investment mandate from an Irish institution. "[Global property] was the darling asset class in 2006, the big pension funds started allocating ...

ETS collapse threatens ESG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
Collapsing political support for climate change action has led to a policy vacuum on emissions trading - prompting concerns among environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment strategists that the market is losing momentum. The new Liberal Party ...

Health Super reviews intl equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... from the line up, he said one fund manager was dropped due to poor performance and the fund had dropped its investment mandate with a wealth weighted index. Another investment mandate was changed after the fund manager walked out of an institution to ...

State Super Fin Services seeks CIO

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
The $8 billion State Super Financial Services is actively looking for a new chief investment officer following the resignation of Oscar Fabian, who is taking up a similar post at VicSuper. SSFS said it was looking for a candidate that has senior level ...

AMIST backs after-tax benchmarking

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
AMIST Super has become the first super fund to adopt the FTSE ASFA Australia after-tax benchmarks for its Australian equities managers. John Livanas, chief executive at AMIST Super, which has more than $280 million in invested in Australian equities ...

State Super Fin Services CIO resigns, takes VIC Super post

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
The chief investment officer of State Super Financial Services, Oscar Fabian, has resigned from his role to become the CIO of the $7 billion fund VIC Super in April this year. It is understood that Fabian has already tendered his resignation and will ...

MLC adds eight debt managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
MLC has changed the way it manages debt securities in the MLC Horizon portfolios and its Diversified Debt fund, with eight investment managers winning new mandates but Bridgewater and BlackRock dropped from the line up. The new line up means MLC will ...

HOSTPLUS $1bn mandate up for grabs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
HOSTPLUS is looking to hand out $1 billion in investment mandates across all asset classes this year. Sam Sicilia, chief investment officer of the $7 billion fund, HOSTPLUS, said they are looking to spend the sum on existing mandate top-ups and hiring ...

GMO head of Aussie equities departs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
Ric Suvak has left his role as head of Australian Equities at GMO Australia this week for undisclosed reasons - leaving more than $4 billion of funds under management to a member of the group's domestic equities team. Geoff Wells, who was previously ...