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Super assets hit $2.3 trillion

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
Superannuation assets including MySuper reported double-digit growth in the 12 months to March, according to quarterly figures from APRA. While total superannuation assets grew to $2.3 trillion, up 11.2% on the prior year, MySuper assets (part of the ...

Aussie hedge fund eyes US expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
An award-winning Australian hedge fund manager is setting up shop in the US with a Manhattan office and new local and international hires. NWQ Capital Management, based in Perth and led by managing partners Jonathan Horton and Stuart McClure, has appointed ...

Sunsuper hires investment manager from Mercer

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
Sunsuper has appointed a new investment manager. Scott McNally joins Sunsuper from Mercer Investment Consulting, where he was a manager research consultant. Prior to that, he was an investment consultant at Sovereign Investment Research. McNally also ...

WTW launches insto platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
Willis Towers Watson has launched a platform that aims to clean up operational complexities facing investment managers and disrupt the world of institutional investing. The Asset Management Exchange or 'AMX' provides a centralised back-office and standardised ...

Republic Capital chief executive departs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
Republic Capital's chief executive left the company after four months in the position. Joining in September 2016, and having been chief executive of Resource Super for three years, Tim Baker left Republic Capital in January this year. He has previously ...

Coolabah Capital hires former Energy Super chair

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... Bob Henricks, who chaired Energy Super for 20 years. Ashley Kabel, meanwhile, joins as a portfolio manager from UK hedge fund Cambridge Securities. "Without any active marketing we have secured strong support on the back of our performance from sophisticated ...

Family office manager expands

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... is Brendan Paul. He takes the role of after spending four years at MST Capital, a multi-strategy macro discretionary hedge fund, where he managed global investments across credit, equities and foreign exchange. Prior to this, Paul was part of the fundamental ...

Paragon hires distribution head from Challenger

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
Melbourne-based hedge fund manager Paragon Funds Management has appointed a new head of distribution. David Livera joins Paragon from Challenger, where he was a senior business development manager. Prior to that, he was a national key account manager ...

Watermark appoints two sector heads

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
... financials sector. In welcoming the new appointments, Watermark chief executive Justin Braitling said: "While the local hedge fund industry is a minnow in comparison to our peers in Europe and North America, there is growing recognition that Australia ...

Hedge fund star joins Merchant Group line-up

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
Diversified financial services firm Merchant Group is welcoming a hedge fund veteran to head up its new corporate advisory business. Justin Klintberg, former portfolio manager at European group Marble Bar Asset Management and founder of pan-Asian hedge ...