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US pension fund extends tobacco divestment

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... CalPERS has about 68% of the assets needed to meet its long-term pension obligations. Chair of the investment committee Henry Jones said: "CalPERS has a fiduciary duty to conduct a periodic review of all of our active investment restrictions to ensure ...

APSEC appoints former Macquarie analyst

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
Atlantic Pacific Securities (APSEC) made a senior appointment to its analyst team. Tim Montague-Jones will join APSEC, bringing more than 20 years' of investment management experience. Montague-Jones joins from Macquarie Group where he was a senior ...

Active managers must promote success

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
As active funds continue to struggle to outperform benchmarks, those that do should sing praise, says S&P Dow Jones Indices country head for Australia and New Zealand, Daphne van der Oord. Speaking to the latest S&P Indices Versus Active Funds (SPIVA) ...

McMillin exits TWUSuper again

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
... financial officer Frank Sandy has taken on the role of acting chief executive until a suitable replacement is found, with Wayne Jones acting as chief financial officer. McMillin joined the fund in 1999 and first resigned from the position in January ...

NAB private wealth vet takes on key China relationship role

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
... with access to the SILC Group's extensive range of alternative investment opportunities." SILC Group managing director Koby Jones added: "We are very pleased to have someone with Helen's level of experience standing within the Australian Chinese community ...

Majority of active managers underperforming: S&P

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... of active Australian fund managers underperformed their relevant indices in FY16, according to the Mid-Year 2016 S&P Dow Jones Indices Versus Active Funds (SPIVA) Australia Scorecard. The research, issued bi-annually, tracks about 1000 Australian active ...

New director at QIC

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
... director QIC has also reappointed its chair Don Luke and existing director Andrew King. Queensland Acting Treasurer, Kate Jones, welcomed the appointments as a combination of "experience and continuity with an injection of new talent." "The appointees ...

Myer Family Investments chair to retire

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... Australian Pharmaceutical Industries chief executive Stephen Roche will also join the board in October, taking over from Lloyd Jones, who is not seeking re-election. Myer added: "During Lloyd's time at MFI he shared a wealth of experience with directors ...

Instos seeking smart carbon plays

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... resonating with institutional investors. Impax Asset Management managing director and co-head of listed equities, Bruce Jenkyn-Jones, says instos are looking for ways to complement their overall resources exposure and investing in energy efficiency companies ...

Robeco Boston Partners finding value in the "three circles"

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... global investable universe can be reduced to "three circles," according to Robeco Boston Partners portfolio manager Joshua Jones. In Sydney to discuss Robeco's Boston Partners Global Premium Equities Fund, Jones described the Boston Partners global equity ...