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Days of outstanding emerging markets returns numbered

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
The opportunity for outstanding returns from the world's developing economies may have shifted to frontier markets, according to the latest annual CREATE-Research report. Commissioned by Principal Global Investors, the report is produced from the results ...

Finding alpha in ESG

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... also got specific: it looked at BHP Billiton and climate change and one analysed selling activities by directors. With Frontier and Mercer Investment Consulting among the asset consultants that are backing ESG RA (alongside 15 superannuation funds) ...

Invesco appoints head of sales from BT

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... O'Connor has been appointed to the position of investment strategist within the sales team. Most recently O'Connor was with Frontier Advisors, one of Australia's largest asset consultants, in a variety of senior roles including client consulting, head ...

AIST reshuffles board, names new president

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... new president of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). Angela Emslie, who is also a director of Frontier Advisors, has been a director of AIST since 2007. She replaces Cate Wood, who has served as AIST's president for a two-year ...

Vision Super names new CIO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... its new chief executive. Wrysch, who will take up his position in June, is currently a senior investment consultant at Frontier Advisors, a role he has held for over 16 years. Frontier provide asset consultancy services to Vision Super. "After a rigorous ...

Frontier market corporate governance greatly improved

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
... governance and the involvement of institutional investors has greatly increased the investment prospects of the world's frontier markets, according to emerging market specialist Advance Emerging Capital. Frontier markets, or the emerging market economies ...

Frontier research alliance expands to UK and Europe

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
Specialist investment advisory business Frontier Advisors and Segal Rogerscasey, founding members of the Global Investment Research Alliance (GIRA), have expanded their reach adding a London-based consulting firm. Investment, actuarial and risk management ...

Former CFSGAM exec joins Frontier Advisors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
Industry fund-owned asset consultant Frontier Advisors has appointed former head of Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) Property Tim Stringer as a senior consultant in its real assets team. Stringer, who moves to Frontier from a position ...

Super funds shun Aussie managers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
... However, there is enough data to build a good understanding of the appetite of the majority of superannuation funds. Frontier Advisors director of consulting Fiona Trafford-Walker believes it comes down to the level of choice offered within the Australian ...

Philanthropic trust awards $2m biomedical research grants

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
The Ramaciotti Foundations, a philanthropic trust managed by Perpetual, last night announced the recipients of the annual Ramaciotti Awards for biomedical research. The main award of $1 million went to the Centenary Institute's Cytometry research program ...