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J.P. Morgan wins SMA custody mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
J.P. Morgan will provide custody and equities execution services to support the new international separately managed accounts business of a $7 billion platform. Following a competitive tender process, Praemium has appointed the bank and will now offer ...

Perennial makes two senior equities appointments

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... Value is doing with its new product." This news follows the Perennial-managed listed investment company, Wealth Defender Equities (WDE), which specializes in managing downside risk in Australian equities, increasing its allocation to small cap stocks ...

Perennial LIC extends investment mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
A Perennial-managed listed investment company specialising in managing downside risk in Australian equities has amended its investment guidelines. Following the board's approval, Wealth Defender Equities (WDE) can now up its allocation to small cap ...

Goldman Sachs names new raft of managing directors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... to be promoted. Three other Australians were also promoted to partner; London-based investment banker Andrew Fry and equities trader Dimitrious Nikolakpoulos (also in London), and New York-based Damien Vanderwilt in FICC. All candidates for partnership ...

The PI risks of goals-based advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... insurer with insight around buy and sell triggers can also prove influential, he said. "If you're going down the direct equities path, you've got to include these. You generally buy based on this recommendation or that recommendation, but what's your ...

CommInsure awards $300m risk premia mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... employs over 900 people worldwide and manages about $193 billion in client assets. It offers absolute return, alternatives, equities, fixed income, multi-asset and systematic strategies along with a private labelling service.

Spaceship appoints new portfolio manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... Sedawie joins Spaceship from Decisive Asset Management, where he was also a portfolio manager. Prior to that, he was an equities analyst at Platypus Asset Management, a senior accountant at KPMG and an eCommerce manager at Opal Plus. Commenting on Sedawie's ...

Diversification trumping growth: Schroders

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... have both proven well founded." "Equity markets have delivered positive total returns (+1% in Australia, +10% in global equities (A$ hedged) and -1% in A-REITs). Although not overly represented in broker portfolios, returns from Australian fixed income ...

Market neutral isn't always the neutral: Alleron

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... drawdown risk than a 150/50 structure when low quality stocks run hard," Littler said. Alleron specialises in large cap equities across long and short portfolios. It was estalbished by Litter and Albert Hung in 2004, and became wholly-owned by its employees ...

Melbourne boutique shutters under passive pressure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
The rise of passive investment and superannuation fund internalisation has led to a Melbourne-based Australian equities boutique terminating its only fund. In a letter to unitholders, Concise Asset Management said it has reluctantly decided to wind ...