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Aussie fund management diversity improves: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
... funds management industry has marginally improved its gender diversity record but still has a long way to go, Citywire's Alpha Female 2021 Report reveals. The annual study of global fund managers and how well the industry is progressing with gender diversity ...

State Street acquires custodian for $4.7bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
State Street Corporation will acquire the custody business of a competitor for $4.74 billion (US$3.5bn). New York-headquartered Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (BBH) has entered into a definitive agreement with State Street to sell BBH Investor Services ...

How YFYS test will change currency investments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... role of ESG factors in super fund currency programs. He argued that taking ESG into account in currency can actually add alpha to portfolios. With ESG integration becoming the standard, it is possible to look at ESG scores at a country level. In turn ...

IMAP names award winners

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
... Concentrated Global Equity Ex-Australia Model Portfolio. The SMA has a bottom-up, investment philosophy that seeks to deliver alpha over a full market cycle. "Putting clients first is our core value of Franklin Templeton and our award-winning managed ...

Netwealth hires head of investment solutions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
... set." Finnigan brings more than 20 years' experience in financial services, having held roles with Macquarie, ABN AMRO Bank, Alpha Structured Investments and Deutsche Asset Management. Prior to joining Nikko, Finnigan was director, distribution at Mason ...

Janus Henderson hires global operations chief

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
... achieving Simple Excellence for our clients," Weil said. Lowry is currently the chief operating officer of State Street Alpha, which is the asset manager's front-to-back investment management platform business. He has 25 years of experience, Janus Henderson ...

Colonial First State reports 22.4% in super returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
... 25.8% while 1965-1969 returned 21.1%. CFS general manager investments Scott Tully said active management contributed 3.6% in alpha to the FY21 returns. Tully said while CFS wants to maintain its high allocation to growth assets for younger members (for ...

Carnegie launches second crypto fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
... traditional markets for many years." Carnegie said in the fund's market neutral strategy it will seek to generate outsized alpha returns independent of cryptocurrency market conditions through yield farming, arbitrage strategies, options strategies and ...

Cbus expecting 19% returns for year

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021
... industry fund is expecting to cap off the financial year with 19% returns, on the back of strong markets and a 1.5% to 2% alpha contribution. Cbus chief investment officer Kristian Fok yesterday said the 19% expected return was a "remarkable turnaround" ...

Lumiant raises capital, adds to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... firm in Australia and overseas. He was a founding director of Shadforth and is currently the principal of Global Adviser Alpha. Lumiant chief executive and co-founder Santiago Burridge said the two appointments will see the firm take another leap forward ...