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AQR picks SG Hiscock & Company as distribution partner

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
Quantitative investor AQR Capital Management has appointed SG Hiscock & Company (SGH) as its distribution partner. SGH has begun rolling out the AQR Wholesale Managed Futures Fund to sophisticated investors. The actively managed fund invests in futures ...

Top investment teams built on diverse views, transparency

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
... that is a drawcard for women." "Fixed income, currency and credit (FICC) have traditionally required a high level of quantitative skills coming from specialist fields of finance, engineering and economics, which in the past fewer women have chosen to ...

Product showcase: Follow the leaders

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
... and regularly runs them through its proprietary qualitative analysis tool it calls Ziller quartiles. In addition, a quantitative checklist addressing each founder's control, alignment, focus and tenure is also completed on each company. These steps ...

Super moves: Future Fund, NZ Super, Aware Super, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... deputy investment chief Charles Woodhouse, who joined as investment chief just over two years ago. Ex-AustralianSuper quantitative analyst Daniel Pool and Russell Investments operative Philip Cheong also moved to Abu Dhabi shortly afterwards. Crossing ...

Frontier hires senior consultant from JANA

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
... and investment governance teams, respectively. Three further recruits have signed up-Matthew Parsons, Xize Guo, and quantitative analyst Jeffrey Cheng-rounding out Frontier's growing pool of analysts. The firm has also strengthened ties with several ...

Future Group rejigs investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
... enhanced cash strategies. Earlier in his career, he worked at JP Morgan as a senior financial data analyst, overseeing quantitative modelling for derivatives and listed and unlisted assets. "This new structure positions Future Group for its next phase ...

Super moves: Brighter Super, UniSuper, Rest, Acenda

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
... consultant, where she worked in the capital markets and asset allocation team. Her role covered portfolio construction and quantitative macroeconomic research. Before joining Frontier, Miao worked as a research assistant at RMIT University on an ESG ...

Multi-boutique expands to Australia, seeks partners

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2026
... Asset Management (DVAM) are currently in the multi-boutique's stable. Bowmoor is a long-short, systematic and quantitative strategy, while DVAM is a global equity investment manager focused on value. "We launched the fund with Bowmoor back in September ...

Janus Henderson to acquire Richard Bernstein Advisors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2026
Janus Henderson has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of Richard Bernstein Advisors. Richard Bernstein Advisors is an investment manager focused on longer-term investment strategies that combine top-down, macroeconomic analysis and quantitatively ...

NGS Super appoints Robeco to manage two new mandates

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
... Government Bond Sustainable Enhanced Indexing mandate and an Emerging Markets Enhanced Indexing mandate. Specialising in quantitative and sustainable investing, Robeco is experienced in offering enhanced indexing and sustainable fixed income strategies ...