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ESSSuper drops VFMC for Towers Watson

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... Management Corporation (VFMC) was replaced after a three-year contract with the fund. "We canvassed all of the major asset consultants and had a formal tender process," said Dundon. "It was close competition, [the] tenders were of excellent standard ...

Jana and Frontier add to ranks

MEDIA RELEASES  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
Asset consultants Frontier Investment Consulting and Jana Investment Advisers have added new staff, including specialists and consultants, to their investment teams. Frontier Investment Consulting has appointed two more analysts to its consulting team. ...

JANA wins legalsuper mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... consultant to ensure members continue to benefit from 'best of breed' advice that is also value for money." Several asset consultants were invited to provide expressions of interest in the position of legalsuper asset consultant. A shortlist of three ...

Fortitude close to deal with dealer group

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
... what we focus on uncorrelated and low volatile returns," he said. Corr said the hedge fund is also meeting with asset consultants to gain institutional flows but that it's hard to gain momentum with some parts of the industry. "We've never had a lot ...

Contango clients top up mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... cent in the year to February. "Client positions in Australian equities have been lower than the past because asset consultants were recommending higher allocations to international equities, but now we've seen a gradual reverse of that," he said. "I ...

K2 wins dealer group mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... recent $20 million institutional mandate, the listed absolute return fund manager is also continuing to work with asset consultants. "We've got two or three asset consultants that like what we do and we just work with them," said Hall. K2 Asset Management ...

PM Capital eyes insto market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... pushing into the wholesale investor market. Chris Donohoe, chief executive at PM Capital, said he is meeting with asset consultants and other institutions to promote the new business direction. "In our first 10 years, we focused on the retail market ...

Asset consultants under fee pressures

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
Leading asset consultants were grilled about the value they add to super fund portfolios at an industry conference held yesterday. The results? Refreshingly honest. The heads of four asset consultancies - JANA, Frontier, Towers Watson and Sovereign ...

Instos still lukewarm on climate change risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... cent last year. Of those that intend to address climate change, almost 38 per cent plan to do so through their asset consultants and 28 per cent plan to include it into their normal fund capabilities. But the problem with the reliance on asset consultants ...

Introducing Chris Condon Fin Services

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... Services License to provide investment and governance advice to institutional investors, and help them engage with asset consultants. Condon announced earlier this month that he was leaving MLC to start his own investment consultancy, but will be retained ...