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Former industry fund CIO leaves Vanguard after seven months

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
... Fund has parted ways with Vanguard Australia after just seven months. Mary McLaughlin commenced as senior investment specialist at Vanguard in May, with the fund manager confirming her departure in November. At Vanguard McLaughlin was responsible for ...

Fixed income specialist wins mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
... interest securities and actively hedged to the Australian dollar. Premium China executive director and chief investment specialist Jonathan Wu said: "By not taking into account the credit ratings paid for by corporates to the largest western rating agencies ...

Perennial welcomes new head of retail

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
Perennial Value Management promoted a senior investment specialist to lead its retail division. Cesar Farfan will take on the role of head of retail sales as part of Perennial's continued strategic expansion. Farfan joined Perennial's investment team ...

Vanguard aims to defuse the active debate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
... higher allocation to active is appropriate can differ greatly." Geysen's comments echo those made by Vanguard investment specialist Mary McLaughlin at the recent Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference, who said that ...

Active the best way forward for super: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... perform consistently then super funds are able to select managers who will add value in the future." The investment specialist said the research results indicate that Australian superannuation funds do not invest their clients' funds randomly, or with ...

BT appoints CIO and grows investment team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
BT Financial Group has named its new chief investment officer, revealed further additions to its investment team, and confirmed the search for a new asset allocation head. Having served in the role since the departure of Martyn Wild in March, Corrin ...

Revisiting the active versus passive cage fight

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... managers has a tendency to overshadow some essential tenets of portfolio construction, according to Vanguard investment specialist Mary McLaughlin. McLaughlin spoke at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference, describing ...

BNP Paribas AM acquires fintech

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
BNP Paribas Asset Management is adding digital advisory services to enhance the digitalisation of its distributors, buying a majority stake in a Belgian fintech. Gambit Financial Solutions is now the preferred partner for all current and future robo-advisory ...

UniSuper brings investment option in-house

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
UniSuper, the $60 billion fund for Australia's higher education and research sector, is appointing an active strategy for its once passively managed environmental investment option. Under this important shift management of the Global Environmental Opportunities ...

Vanguard recruits former industry fund CIO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
... The former chief investment officer for the Meat Industry Employees Superannuation Fund is now a senior investment specialist at Vanguard. Mary McLaughlin joined the fund manager in May, charged with providing insights into Vanguard's equities investment ...