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First State Super joins UN PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
First State Superannuation Scheme, representing more than $15.4 billion in funds under management, signed the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). The super fund joins other New South Wales government affiliated fund, Local ...

NAB Super divests direct property

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
NAB Group Super is expected to sell its last four directly-owned properties as part of a property portfolio restructure. The fund made the move under the advice of its asset consultant JANA Investment Advisers. "The [main objectives] for the sale are ...

JANA recruits ex-Mercer manager

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008
Asset consultant JANA Investment Advisers has appointed Mike Plant, ex administration manager for Mercer, as principal, implemented consulting. Prior to joining JANA, Plant was the national administration manager standalone superannuation funds for ...

SERF selects JANA as asset consultant

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
Stevedoring Employees Retirement Fund (SERF) appointed JANA Investment Advisers as its asset consultant ahead of its proposed merger with the Seafarers Retirement Fund (SRF). Previously, SERF employed FuturePlus as its asset consultant and then employed ...

PIS gets Malaysian license

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
... licence. "The CUTA licence allows them to deal with all unit trust companies in Malaysia. This added to the investment adviser license SFP received from Malaysia's Securities Commission in 2004, gives SFP full authority to deal in all facets of financial ...

Telstra Super eyes distressed debt

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
Telstra Super has committed more funds in distressed debt strategies in the past six months, echoing industry sentiment that the time may be ripe to look at assets hit by sub-prime. Nicole Connolly, Telstra Super portfolio manager for alternative assets ...

Invesco hires ex-JANA exec to lead Aus eq quant

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
The Australian arm of global fund manager Invesco has launched a new Australian equity capability and recruited a former JANA consultant to lead the team. The equity capability is specially tailored for the Australian market and was developed over the ...

JANA names new chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
JANA Investment Advisers has promoted Ian Patrick to chief executive of the firm as Ken Marshman moves to a newly-created role of head of investments outcomes. Patrick was previously a senior consultant in JANA Investment Advisers (JANA) international ...

Disclose fees or pay $300,000 fine

Investment advisers and brokers in New Zealand must disclose their fees and remuneration upfront to investors, under new rules that come into effect today. The same rules also apply to advisers' and brokers' advertising. "Anyone who gives investment ...

Half price hedge fund?

JANA Investment Advisers has launched of new multi-manager hedge fund that costs half as much as a typical fund of hedge fund (FOHF) manager. "The JANA Triplepoint Fund represents a new approach to hedge fund investing by directly addressing the three ...