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Asian instos question external managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
Asian institutions remain confident in their overall investment strategies - but many appear to have lost faith in their relatively small lists of external asset managers, according to new research by Greenwich Associates. In terms of raw size, Asia's ...

BNY Mellon opens for insto banking

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... is set to give incumbent institutional banking providers a run for their money after its local arm officially opens for insto banking this month. Senator Nick Sherry, Assistant Treasurer, was at the Sydney launch of the group's new service last night. ...

...and adds to insto sales team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
Macquarie Global Investments has appointed James Duivenbode to its institutional sales team, replacing Angus Carson who left to the firm a couple of months ago. Duivenbode joins the team after working across a number of investment areas including private ...

Legalsuper seeks hedge funds

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
The $1.2 billion legalsuper is looking to allocate mandates to hedge fund and credit investment managers. Andrew Proebstl, chief executive of the industry fund, said he was considering allocating between two to three per cent of the fund's current $1.2 ...

Russell OpenWorld targets insto investors

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
Russell Investments has launched its OpenWorldA(R) fund range which will for the first time give Australian wholesale investors access to some of Russell's boutique fund managers on a single manager basis. Globally the new range offers investment professionals ...

Trust in escrow

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
Local instos are busily combing the market for bargain investments following the GFC - but with the threat of counterparty risk looming larger today than in any other point of the current economic cycle, many are snubbing standard contracts in favour ...

AFM appoints senior insto account leader

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
AFM Investment Partners have appointed a senior institutional sales manager to lead their key account management and consultant relations strategy. Craig Barnes, who has held senior positions with Centro Properties, HSBC, Austock and National Asset ...

Managed accounts firm ramps up ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
... equities managers. The firm is currently engaged in talks with consultants including Watson Wyatt and Van Eyk to win more insto mandates.

Instos allocate $980m to catastrophe bonds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
Bermuda-based Nephila Capital, which counts AMP and MLC as clients, has raised $980 million in the second quarter of this year from institutional investors targeting catastrophe reinsurance funds. Greg Hagood, the fund's co-founder, said pension funds ...

Look past asset classes: Weaven

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... be a temporary setback for the direct investment market, and he believes money will continue to drip into the market as insto investors seek a more diverse approach to investing following the crisis. "In spite of the strong performance [of direct investments] ...