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CalPERS chief investment officer resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
The $565 billion pension fund is on the hunt for a new investment chief following the resignation of Yu (Ben) Meng. Meng was appointed to the lead investments role in January 2019 and, last financial year, achieved a return of 4.7% - beating its 4.3% ...

Vanguard funds downgraded by Morningstar

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
Four Vanguard funds totaling $17 billion in funds under management had their ratings slashed at Morningstar this week, as they had their first review under the ratings house's new methodology. The Vanguard Growth Index Fund ($5.6 billion), the Vanguard ...

AMP Capital names real estate head replacement

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
AMP Capital named its new head of real estate following Carmel Hourigan's decision to join Charter Hall. Kylie O'Connor has been promoted to the position, currently working as AMP Capital Real Estate chief operating officer and managing director separate ...

Chief economist update: It's about human life, not human rights

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
"We are all prisoners here of our own device." - Hotel California, The Eagles Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews declared Victoria in a "State of Disaster" from 6pm on August 2 and imposed Stage 4 restrictions that will run for six weeks (until September ...

Garry Laurence to depart Perpetual

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
Perpetual Investment Management is handing over Garry Laurence-led global shares strategies to the investors at its US acquisition Barrow Hanley. The funds include Perpetual Global Shares Fund and Perpetual International Share Fund. Its internal global ...

Boutique appoints chief operating officer

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
A Melbourne boutique has hired a new chief operating officer, who has previously worked in similar roles at Perennial and Prodigy. Lewis Bearman is joining Blue Orbit Asset Management in the newly-created role effective August 4. Bearman was most recently ...

Calls for broad default life insurance system

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... adviser groups for a reset of the life insurance sector to allow for greater access. The Choice and Assess to Life Insurance (CALI) campaign, includes members from AIA, MLC Life, TAL and Zurich plus the Association of Financial Advisers and Financial ...

US pension funds form trading alliance

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
Four US pension funds have partnered to form the Global Peer Financing Association (GPFA), in a bid to increase and encourage peer-to-peer trading activity in the securities lending and repo markets to benefit asset owners. California Public Employees' ...

Pension funds apply pressure on climate change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
Some of the largest pension funds in the US have sent letters to their government urging action on climate change after a proposal sought to limit their ESG investing capabilities. The California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS), which has ...

Former CFSGAM chief joins Yarra Capital board

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
The former chief executive of Colonial First State Global Asset Management has joined the Yarra Capital Management board as a non-executive director. Yarra Capital announced that Mark Lazberger has joined its board after running CFSGAM for 10 years ...