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CIO and COO award winners named

FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... fiduciary funds got their time in the sun. Steve Merlicek, chief investment officer of IOOF, was honoured with the inaugural CIO Award, as selected by a judging panel from a host of 10 submissions. Merlicek, who joined the army at 17 then completed an ...

Unstable markets demand more from COOs

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... is today akin to the role of company secretary." The role of COO is to be recognised on May 31 at the inaugural Awards for CIO and COO of the Year, at a function to be held in Melbourne. The Awards have been organised by La Trobe Financial, with support ...

Active risk under spotlight

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... into how you'd actually apply them in a portfolio so it performs with the right characteristics," O'Halloran said. "For a CIO who's picking managers - the thing that makes most sense is to have managers which are low tracking error and almost passive ...

Changing CIO and COO roles need recognition

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
... Financial. Understanding portfolio risk has been identified at a recent peer event as a critical measure for a super fund CIO, requiring education by the fund's own management and other investment professionals such as asset consultants and sometimes ...

Prime Value adds portfolio manager

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... can boast a formidable team of three experienced senior portfolio managers who have each individually performed the role of CIO," said Prime Value co-founder and director, Yak Yong Quek. Prime Value manages approximately $350 million in its flagship ...

CIOs see no let up in European debt crisis

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
Europe's debt crisis remains a cause for concern for Australian institutional investors, with the ongoing saga cited as the biggest risk to returns over the next 12 months. The survey of chief investment officers represented by the Financial Services ...

AllianceBernstein expands Value Investment team

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... team has more dedicated resources now than at any stage since the launch of our first portfolio in 2003," said Roy Maslen, Co-CIO and Director of Research-Australian Value Equities. Anthony was previously at Macquarie Group where he was a Senior Investment ...

QSuper CIO joins the ASFA Board

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has appointed QSuper CIO, Brad Holzberger to their board, replacing Michele Dolin who stepped down as GESB CEO earlier this year. Holzberger has over 20 years experience in the financial services ...

Instos go direct as hedge funds industry moves

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
... slowly re-emerges, investments are taking a different shape. "The move from commingled fund of fund to customisation means a CIO of an institution in Australia gets much more involved in the top down strategy decisions, said Chris Smith, regional product ...

Thanks S&P

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
... markets expected revenues of US$15.9 bil and EPS of 1.26. Perhaps to fill its word count quota, Bloomberg quoted Mr. Burt White, CIO at LPL Financial Corp in Boston, saying that, "This market has been very resilient." I beg to disagree Mr. White. The ...