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Mason Stevens hires interim head of fixed income

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2022
... structured finance business. Baume has also worked as a consultant for organisations such as Boomer Home Loans, iLex and Darling Macro. Commenting on the appointment, Mason Stevens chief executive Tim Yule called Baume one of Australia's most experienced ...

AXA IM launches Investment Institute

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2022
... institute and appointed chief investment officer Chris Iggo as chair. The new platform aims to give clients insights on macro events, views on asset classes and long-term future trends including sustainability, demographics, technology and regulations ...

Hamish Douglass returns to Magellan

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2022
Hamish Douglass is set to return to Magellan in a consulting capacity from October. In doing so, Douglass is giving up his permanent role, effective June 15. The Magellan board today made the ASX announcement, declaring the return of Douglass who stepped ...

Reserve Bank shocks with hawkish 50bp increase

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2022
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided to increase the cash rate target by 50 basis points to 85 basis points. The central bank also raised the interest rate on exchange settlement balances by 50 basis points to 75 basis points. At its meeting ...

Nader Naeimi promoted at GIC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2022
... who was at AMP Capital for more than 20 years, is now managing director, portfolio manager and head of multi-asset, global macro at the US$744 billion asset owner. He joined GIC eleven months ago as a senior vice president and portfolio manager after ...

State Street nabs Russell managing director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2022
... Markets head of portfolio solutions, APAC James Woodward said. "The landscape is shifting as clients navigate the changing macro environment, industry consolidation, margin compression and new regulatory demands," said Woodward. He said Venardos' expertise ...

Just 14.8% of hedge fund leaders are female: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... as part of their strategy compared with only 26% of male respondents. Equally, they were much less likely to focus on a macro strategy, at only 18% compared with 33% of men, or one that incorporated cryptocurrencies, where 31% of men were prepared to ...

Acadian Asset Management appoints chief executive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
... over $150 billion in assets under management globally and deploys systematic investment techniques across stock-specific, macro and peer forecasting models.

Investors seek inflationary refuge in diversification strategies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
A bfinance quarterly Manager Intelligence and Market Trends report has shown that investors have sought enhanced sources of real return to combat rising inflation. The first quarter of 2022 has created a period of renewed uncertainty as investors grappled ...

Geopolitics to change ESG approach: Survey

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
A new survey from bfinance has found 39% of investors predict re-evaluation of ESG approach due to recent geopolitical developments. This is according to a snap poll from bfinance of 418 institutional investors from 39 different countries. The results ...