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CalPERS sells $4.2bn in real estate assets

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
... CalPERS' real estate program," the fund said. The sale is part of CalPERS' plan to reduce the number of external investment managers from the current 200 to approximately 100 by 2020. This will result in larger and more strategic relationships with a ...

HESTA chair on responsible investment board

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
... portfolio-wide exclusion on tobacco-related investments. HESTA has more than 70% of total assets managed by external investment managers who've made formal commitments to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) incorporation either through ESG policy ...

REST creates two new management roles

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
... investment governance functions and managing relationships with REST's asset consultant, custodian and external investment managers. "Ronan's extensive experience and insights, in particular in asset management and his strong risk management skills will ...

Club Plus Super appoints three senior execs

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... investment governance functions and managing relationships with the fund's asset consultant, custodian and external investment managers. Dooley's previous positions span more than two decades in the industry have included general manager, institutional ...

ANZ senior manager leaves to set up consultancy

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... Global Wealth that manages investment portfolios and funds, including the selection and oversight of external investment managers. The news of a "streamlining" operation happening within this division comes shortly after the bank's wealth management ...

University investment portfolio includes tobacco and beer

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... alcohol-related companies. Earlier this year Sydney University updated its investment policy and said external investment managers will be required to consider ESG factors in their investment processes. Investment consultants will also be required to ...

Parametric grows investment team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... responsible for setting up and managing the day-to-day relationships with Australian clients and underlying external investment managers. Parametric Australia's chief executive Chris Briant said the appointment comes in the wake of growing interest in ...

Future Fund smashes its performance target in 2014

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... Future Fund executive team noted in a market briefing that they are able to "deepen relationships with external investment managers to access 'bottom-up' opportunities [which enables them to] further strengthen internal collaboration and the 'one-team' ...

Big changes on way for pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... on alternatives, switch from being asset owners to asset managers and transform how they deal with external investment managers, reveals a major survey released by State Street. The survey, called 'Pension Funds DIY: A Hands-on Future for Asset Owners' ...

Scale drove CalPERS hedge fund move

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... Future Fund Management Agency allocation to hedge funds is meanwhile 14% of the funds it outsources to external investment managers. Rainmaker noted that across the NFP sector the overall average hedge fund exposure was 3% though for funds committed ...