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Industry fund publicly shames investment adviser

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
A $3.3 billion industry superannuation fund revealed it has put an investment adviser on watch in relation to ESG concerns. First Super said Orbis Investment Advisory is on watch due to its approximately 23% holding in XPO Logistics. XPO Logistics is ...

Bridgewater loses another chief

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
Eileen Murray, co-chief executive of the world's largest hedge fund, Bridgewater, is stepping down from her role, leaving her counterpart and co-chief executive David McCormick to lead the US$160 billion dollar firm. Since billionaire founder and co-chair ...

Deutsche Bank offloads $76b in assets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... and acquisitions, that helped navigate the deal with BNP Paribas back in September, has now left the bank to join a Hedge Fund. James Ruane has taken up a new role at Bayview International as head of European special situations after six years at Deutsche. ...

FS Roundtable: Striking the perfect balance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
The current climate is pushing the importance of asset allocation to the forefront of building robust portfolios, prompting investment experts to think outside the box of traditional assets. Karren Vergara writes. The importance of making the right ...

Plato hires from Macquarie quant team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
Investment analyst Charles Lowe will join Plato Investment Management as it continues to expand its research capabilities with a focus on long/short strategies. Lowe steps into the role of senior quantitative analyst. He has over 15 years' experience ...

Hong Kong hedge funds suffering: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... the industry population respectively," the report said. "Looking at geographical mandates, just under a third of the hedge fund managers based in Hong Kong focus on the Greater China region. Global and Asia, including Japan, mandates follow behind with ...

How much Future Fund spends in fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
Australia's sovereign wealth fund returned a stellar 11.5% in the year to June, but how much did it spend on fees? In its annual report published this week, the Future Fund reported it had a "direct ratio cost" of 0.203% and "look-through costs" ...

Challenger director jumps to global manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
... HarbourVest's European distribution. Mancini's roles prior to Challenger include Credit Suisse's director of hedge fund strategic services in Sydney, AMP Capital's head of investment specialists for unlisted assets and associate director ...

Ophir goes global

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... they can grow into." Ophir recently brought on Tyler Errickson as portfolio manager and analyst from New York-based hedge fund Brant Point Capital, in anticipation of the global fund launch. "We have a great investment group that love the foundational ...

Glitch hits ASX-listed managed funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... PIXX), which feeds into the $9.7 billion Platinum International Fund. And the $153 million Platinum Asia (quoted managed hedge fund) which feeds into the $4.3 billion Platinum Asia Fund. "We advise that the technical issue associated with the iNAV promulgation ...