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Welsh retires as VicSuper CEO

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
... 2000 - and membership of the fund has doubled and net assets increased ten fold over the past decade. Welsh is also the pioneer of VicSuper's strong position on sustainability and commitment to building a sustainable fund. VicSuper was the first super ...

More turbulence ahead: De Bever

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... that while equities "don't look cheap... good quality stocks might be a better place to be than almost anything else." A pioneer in alternative investing, De Bever also sees a comeback for private equity (in its original "transformational" form, rather ...

VIP hedge funds open doors

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... access. The line-up includes global macro fund Moore Capital, multi-strategy fund SAC Capital Advisors and quant-investing pioneer Citadel Investment Group. It also includes Paulson & Co, a hedge fund that gained notoriety after making huge returns from ...

BlackRock to develop super SMA

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
BlackRock, one of the pioneers of separately managed accounts (SMA) in Australia, revealed plans to launch a superannuation version of its customised portfolio service next year. James Langlands, co-head of customised portfolio solutions at BlackRock ...

Plus Capital signs third distribution deal

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
... high yield space will be announced in coming weeks. Plus Capital is headed by Neil Wild, previously head of marketing for Pioneer Investments in Australia, and Michael Dorph, former head of equity derivatives trading at Westpac. Wild told Financial Standard ...

Challenge your consultants on ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... ESG approach while fund manager Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM) has a team, led by long-time ESG pioneer Amanda McCluskey, whose mission is to embed ESG processes across CFSGAM products. Last month, AMP Capital Investors hired ...

Parrish, Williamson, Chow to exit CPG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
Following the purchase of a majority holding in asset consultant CPG Research and Advisory earlier this year by Sigma Alpha International Limited (SAIL), CPG principals John Parrish, Peter Williamson and Philip Chow will be leaving the business. Simon ...

Schroder appoints specialist to quant team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... client responsibility across QEP products for Australian-based investors. He joins Schroders from global fund manager Pioneer Investments, where he worked for four years, most recently in the role of institutional investment specialist for Australia ...

Liptak joins Zenith

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
... funds to institutional and intermediary clients, including advisers and dealer groups. "Daniel has been an innovator and pioneer in the alternative research community domestically and we are very pleased to have secured the services of an individual ...

FuturePlus operations head in shock exit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
The operations head at FuturePlus, Bob Biancardi, left the firm last Friday amid tensions between its two owners, LGSS and EISS, the multi-billion dollar government funds currently locked in a power struggle. It is understood that Biancardi was dismissed ...