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Applications open for investment consulting program

IMCA ANNOUNCEMENT  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
IMCA Australia is now taking applications for the Certified Investment Management (CIMA) program, which begins in September this year. The course is made up of two components, an independent study program (Level 1) and a residential program and examination ...

IMCA adds five new directors

IMCA ANNOUNCEMENT  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
The Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) has added five new members to its board. The new members are: Brett Elvish, founder and director of Financial Viewpoint; Gareth Abley, head of asset consulting at MLC Implemented Consulting; Greg ...

Future Fund mulls Transurban investment

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
The Future Fund is considering an investment in toll-road operator Transurban and is in preliminary discussions with the Canadian pension funds that proposed to buy the infrastructure group in October. On October 27, the Canada Pension Plan Investment ...

Future Fund targets credit assets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
The Future Fund is eyeing credit investment opportunities in the US and locally to boost the returns of its debt portfolio. David Neal, chief investment officer at the Future Fund, said the fund is rotating its debt portfolio into opportunistic areas ...

Future Fund to grow investments team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
The Future Fund Management Agency will have a bigger investment team than it initially planned - jumping from 29 to around 40 staff by next year - as the cash-heavy fund scours the markets for more investment opportunities. Speaking at the Investment ...

Consultants should share GFC's blame

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
More asset consultants should shoulder the blame for the bad advice that led to poor investment returns during the GFC, said the chief investment officer of First State Super. Mark Sainsbury, chief investment officer of First State Super, told an IMCA ...

Governments could cause next GFC

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
The developed world's governments could be the perpetrator of the next GFC as unchecked debt and overspending take their toll, warns an expert. Martin Barnes, an investment veteran and managing editor of Bank Credit Analyst Research, told an IMCA conference ...

Liar, liar, hedge funds on fire

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
Rogue hedge funds will lie, cheat and connive to get investor money, and while the regulators lack muscle to stop them, there are ways for pension funds to quickly spot the next Madoff. Professor Stephen Brown, a top academic who presented at a hearing ...

Shareholder activism misses the mark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
Super fund and investment manager activism against listed company boards is misdirected, according to a corporate governance expert. Speaking at the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA), Lynn Ralph, managing director at Cameron Ralph ...

ESI Super and Workcover NSW bag CIMA scholarships

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
ESI Super's Mathew Griffith and Workcover NSW's Chris Grogan have been awarded the 2009 FEAL CIMA (Certified Investment Management Analyst) Scholarships. The scholarship program, sponsored by Tyndall Investment Management, provides both recipients with ...