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Dealer group awards mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
A dealer group has moved a large global equities mandate to a boutique fund manager. Easton Wealth licensee GPS has the global equities mandate for its CARE portfolios to Insync Funds Management. Insync also said it recently secured support from one ...

Fairfax family office awards mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... invests on behalf of the Fairfax family in a diversified portfolio with an active approach to asset allocation based on its macro and market views. The family office makes direct investments in Australia and overseas, uses a broad network of fund managers ...

Acadian launches multi-asset fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
... multi-asset absolute return fund that aims to provide consistent returns regardless of market conditions. The Acadian Global Macro Fund uses a systematic approach to exploit inefficiencies across and within global markets and will be available for institutional ...

Sovereign wealth fund nabs AMP Capital talent

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
... asset global allocation fund at GIC, relocating to Singapore for the role. He will be part of the fixed income and global macro division at the asset manager and will be working with the in-house quantitative team and strategists to build investment ...

Sequoia launches family office

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2021
... service will include corporate advisory, compliance, business planning and bespoke project management. Sequoia acquired Macro Investment Advisory's client book as part of its move into this market, targeting $2 billion in funds under advice in the next ...

Calls for Royal Commission into housing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
Researchers from the University of New South Wales have issued an alarming report on the state of the Australian housing market, referring to it as a "beast" that is "rampaging through the economy". The researchers are calling for a Royal Commission ...

GAM hires from BlackRock

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... uncorrelated." The new strategy will complement GAM's existing local offerings in alternative risk premia, systematic core macro and insurance-linked securities strategies, GAM said. It's not just Australia where GAM is interested in furthering ...

UBS adds fixed income portfolio manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
UBS Asset Management has hired an HSBC rates and foreign exchange strategist as a portfolio manager. Tom Nash spent 10 years at HSBC in Australia and London, where he was primarily responsible for HSBC's strategy on rates and foreign exchange for ...

Macquarie-linked fund manager shutters

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
... pension funds, life insurance companies and foundations from the US, Europe, Asia and Australia to its algorithm-driven macro strategy. IPM is in the process of returning all investor money. Australian investors could access IPM's strategy via the ...

Instos seek unique alternatives

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
Australian institutional investors are actively increasing their allocations to alternatives, particularly those that deliver idiosyncratic values and opportunities. According to the inaugural Nuveen and CoreData survey, more than half (55%) of asset ...