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Magellan research head departs following restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
Magellan's head of research, Nikki Thomas, has left the company after 10 years following a restructure of the investment team. Thomas was promoted to the head of research role in 2014, having been a portfolio manager since 2011. She joined Magellan ...

Parametric appoints product manager from Willis Towers Watson

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
... for the firm's "after-tax and implementation efficiency philosophy." Briant said that super funds "understand that manager alpha is inherently uncertain, but fees, taxes and transaction costs are certain, and these are sensible things to manage. A natural ...

Fixed income specialist wins mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
Alpha Fund Managers has awarded a mandate to a specialist equity and fixed income boutique investment manager. Premium China Funds Management's Premium Asia Income Fund was selected for its ability to manage emerging market debt sector exposure and ...

Fund managers should have personal stake: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
Fund managers should 'put their money where their mouth is' and have a personal stake in the funds they manage, Financial Standard's weekly poll results show. About 80% of respondents either agree or strongly believe this statement, indicating portfolio ...

Global manager receives makeover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... each with its own unique process and culture, helps capitalise on the diverse and unconventional thinking that can lead to alpha generation." Natixis has also established a new research division, the Natixis Investment Institute, combining the behavioural ...

BNP Paribas Asset Management restructures for efficiency

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... said. "Combining our capabilities into a single investment group will allow us to better meet investors' needs by generating alpha and revenue, protecting capital, controlling risk and providing beta exposure. Our 'quantamental' approach combines the ...

ARCO Investment Management launches new strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... Colman said. The key objectives of the fund are to deliver steady, compounding investor returns over time through stock alpha generation, with a principal focus on preserving capital with lower volatility compared to the broader equity market, ARCO co-founder ...

Perennial makes two senior equities appointments

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... said Oshry "has a very successful track record as a fund manager. The Perennial Value Smaller Companies Trust has delivered alpha of 8% per annum under his leadership and funds under management have grown from $10 million to some $550 million." "Grant ...

BTIM delivers record profit despite fee pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... avoiding introducing large cap "closet index" vehicles in the country. "Where we've had success there is in highly-active, alpha-driven products. What we're selling there is outside the mainstream: We're selling Asia, Europe, we have broad-based capabilities ...

Quant manager ties momentum with machine

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... manager has turned the clock to re-evaluate its momentum strategies, using expertise in machine learning to build better alpha-capturing trading systems. In his recent trip to Australia, Man AHL chief scientist Anthony Ledford said the group recently ...