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Paradice appoints portfolio manager from Northcape

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... Capital, where he was an analyst for three years and then a portfolio manager for mid and small-caps. Before that, he was an equities research analyst in the small-cap space for Bligh Capital and an unlisted infrastructure investment analyst at Colonial ...

Active manager diversity breeds performance: WTW

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... benchmark. As a result, the WTW research recommended that investors "diversify the manager line-up." WTW head of Australian equities Leslie Mao conceded that there can be multiple reasons for underperformance, including home equity bias, investors imposing ...

FIIG Securities head of intermediaries departs

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... also serves on the boards of VanEck Australia, Netball NSW, Uniting Financial Services, Bell Asset Management, Perpetual Equities Investment Company and Hunter Water. FIIG Securities chairman Douglas Bates said at the time the group is pleased to welcome ...

Clime IM appoints private wealth head from Suncorp

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... million) and listed investment company Clime Capital ($284 million). In 2017, Clime purchased $130 million Australian equities boutique CBG Asset Management for $3.6 million. CBG principal Ronni Chalmers joined Clime's management team and said at the ...

Advice clients most satisfied with goals-based approach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... uncertainty around increasing overseas exposure. Investment Trends notes that investors' hopes for returns on Australian equities remain disassociated from market performance - the Australian stock market recorded healthy gains in the last two years ...

SMSFs shifting focus for diversification

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
Australia's self-managed superannuation fund investors are gaining confidence in international equities and paying more attention to new, innovative sectors. New data from nabtrade shows SMSF investment in international shares, domestic ETFs, mFunds ...

High valuations drive insto investors to alternatives: BlackRock

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... (33%), real estate (32%) and real assets (55%). Conversely, institutional investors are expected to reduce allocations to equities (down 14%), fixed income (down 1%) and cash (down 9%). BlackRock institutional client business global head Edwin Conway ...

Citi veteran joins forces with listed equities manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
A long-serving Citi employee has become the deputy chief executive of a listed Australian equities investment company as part of the latter's succession plan. Newly-minted Milton Corporation deputy chief Brendan O'Dea joined Citi in 1995 as an internal ...

Alternative beta corresponds with adviser risk concerns

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... demand low cost, easily accessible alternative strategies that seek to diversify portfolios and reduce correlation to equities. "Financial advisers want to offer their clients alternative investment strategies, which provide diversification benefits ...

AMP Capital confirms expanded multi asset group role

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... multi-manager. At the time she was ultimately responsible for investment strategy and portfolio construction across all equities products and provided input into manager selection decisions.