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Boutique builds out executive team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020
An investment advisory boutique which soft launched in September, headed by former PwC chief executive Luke Sayers, has bolstered its leadership team. The Melbourne-based firm is building its executive lineup, appointing several senior managers from ...

Ninety One wins equity mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
A $42 billion superannuation fund has awarded a mandate that targets Chinese equities to the newly rebranded Ninety One. State Super has allocated the mandate to Ninety One's 4Factor All China Equity strategy. Ninety One manages $205 billion with ...

American manager eyes local market

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
An American manager has partnered with local distributor Brookvine to pitch its flagship systematic global macro strategy. Welton Investment Partners is 15-year-old quantitative investor that manages money for institutional, endowment and private investors ...

Multi-boutique adds investment firms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
A multi-boutique that launched earlier this year has added two new fund managers to its stable. Mantis Funds is now providing distribution and operations support to Gyrostat Capital Management and Terra Capital. Mantis was launched in June this year ...

State Street targets insurance outsourcing

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
State Street has partnered with a Danish company to provide an outsourcing solution to insurance firms in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. SimCorp, which provides investment management software solutions, will provide its cloud-based, multi-asset ...

Death of value investing a myth: Realindex

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
The rise of a small handful of growth stocks is creating a distortion and obscuring the true performance of value investing in global markets, according to Realindex. In a research paper titled Value is dead, long live value, Realindex quantitative ...

Alphinity appoints to new role

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
Alphinity Investment Management has strengthened its ESG investing and research capabilities with a new key leadership appointment. The boutique fund manager appointed Jessica Cairns to the newly created role of ESG and sustainability manager. Alphinity ...

GMO launches global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
The global manager has launched an Australian vehicle for its $13.5 billion flagship quality-focussed global equities strategy. The new trust will be open to local wholesale investors. It draws upon the GMO Quality Strategy, which has been running since ...

Sunsuper adds long/short to Aussie equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
The industry fund is adding a long/short manager to its Australian equities allocation after sticking with long-only strategies. Sunsuper head of listed markets Greg Barnes said the fund is looking to add what he describes as an "extended alpha" strategy ...

Pension funds sue Allianz Global Investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
Several pension funds are suing hedge funds managed by Allianz Global Investors for allegedly engaging in risk-taking behaviour and losing billions of dollars in retirement savings. The Arkansas Teacher Retirement System (ATRS) was the first pension ...