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Berkshire-owned Gen Re to close Melbourne office

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... restructure. Gen Re's statement said that "smaller" business operations - including the Melbourne office, as well as Charlotte, Seattle and St. Paul in the US, Riga in Latvia and Hong Kong - will be consolidated into larger teams elsewhere. In the Melbourne ...

Parametric launches liquid alternative strategy

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
... Additionally, our clients have asked us to deliver a liquid, low cost solution for core hedge fund allocations." Headquartered in Seattle, Parametric Portfolio Associates is a majority owned subsidiary of listed US asset manager Eaton Vance Corp. The ...

Russell appoints global CIO

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
... asset manager investments and the implementation and the search for new activities worldwide. Jeff Hussey will be based in Seattle and will also serve on Russell's executive committee. Hussey has more than two decades of asset management experience with ...

Parametric appoints new Australian CEO

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... JPMorgan Investor Services and BT Funds Management. Based in Sydney, Briant will report to Brian Langstraat, Parametric's Seattle-based chief executive officer. "We are delighted to appoint someone of Chris' calibre to drive our growth strategy in this ...

New after-tax system for Qantas Super

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
Qantas Super will change how it manages equities with an after-tax reporting system for managers developed with Seattle-based firm Parametric. Chief investment officer Andrew Spence said the new system was the latest step in a range of solutions aimed ...

Eaton Vance affiliate names Aust MD

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... growth of Parametric's tax-managed investment offerings in the Australian market. He will report directly to Parametric's Seattle-based chief executive, Brian Langstraat. Prior to joining Parametric, Lawrence was head of investment solutions and research ...

Markets crash as recession fears hit

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... recession," he said. Eslake said if the number was positive then fears of a second recession would recede for a while. Seattle-based hedge fund manager Bill Fleckenstein was not so optimistic. "The US is broke, Europe is broke," he said. Last week's ...

Russell fast track after-tax investing

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... for idea generation, and not portfolio construction, which Russell Investment said it will take on with a team of 15 in Seattle operating 24 hours a day on this. "We think it is important that super funds have that option, we have never liked the idea ...

State Street scores $1bn mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... purchased from US Treasury Bills, and the new rate follows the short-term rate published by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle. The logic behind this, it said, is to ensure that the fund is "receiving fair compensation for its investment, while providing ...

Pentafin beefs up IT team

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
... support manager Karen Chim to its IT team. Joe Vetto, the former co-founder and vice-president of product development for Seattle-based X6 Technologies which is now Minecode, has joined as a communications specialist. Vetto has 14 years experience in ...