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JANA executive director retires

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... both bringing significant industry expertise that will benefit our members and staff." Meanwhile, JANA said it has been "active in recruiting a number of senior experienced investment professionals" - including head of specialist investments and business ...

New sales chief for State Street platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... Johnson joins the Currenex team and will be responsible for delivering customised access to liquidity sources to corporates, active traders, banks, hedge funds and brokers - all through the Currenex platform. Johnson was most recently director of institutional ...

Bond funds complete circle for Legg Mason

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... market. To him it seemed like Legg Mason had enabled a strategy everywhere else but Australia. Since these meetings the active manager has launched both the Legg Mason Western Asset Macro Opportunities Bond Fund, and the Legg Mason Western Asset Global ...

SQM backs active Indian equity fund

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... retail and wholesale investors are currently under-invested in this global giant." "The key to success in Indian equities is active management, given it's a very inefficient market. We have a robust investment process and structure to capitalise on this ...

Instos must stress test: Mercer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... should look at stress-testing their portfolios against large equity, bond and currency movements, with opportunities for active managers to arise out of additional volatility created by increased protectionism and risk around policy implementation. "Political ...

QSuper commits to ESG, creates new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... maturity as the other arms of the investment process. Molinari is responsible for creating, implementing and managing the active ownership initiatives informing QSuper's long-term ESG policy. With PhDs in environmental policy and legal framework for ...

Decimal secures funding from $72bn consortium

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2017
... company following a $2.29 million capital raising and partnerships with Energy Super, QSuper and Mercer. IFM's head of active equities, Neil Carter, said IFM made the investment because "the superannuation market knows that members are increasingly demanding ...

Real estate manager revamps Aussie presence

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2017
... investment activities in the commercial real estate space, including acquisitions, underwriting and financing through to active asset management, redevelopment and disposals. Prior to his appointment, Tredwell spent 10 years at GE Capital Real Estate ...

ASFA slams Grattan as 'out of touch'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... This represents an increase of 20% from 2016. "With increasing longevity, we want Australians to be healthier and more active in their retirement, not poorer and sicker," Fahy said. ASFA released a further statement pleading with the federal government ...

SMSF investors trade during market volatility

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... during an August 2015 market downturn, the fallout after the Brexit vote, and the US election, SMSF investors were the most active investors in the retail segment, and traded on average 30% more than non-SMSFs. "Over the past two years, SMSFs have been ...