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QIC and QSuper pour $28b in alpha-beta mandates

Vanguard and State Street are among the winners of QIC's radical move announced a year ago to invest $28 billion in separate alpha and beta strategies, with both fund managers awarded around $3 billion each in passive mandates. Many super funds have ...

ASSOB appoints new head

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2007
The Australian Small Scale Offerings Board (ASSOB), a platform to assist unlisted venture companies raise capital, has appointed a new managing director. Brookes McTavish, a specialist in capital-raising, company restructures and business turnarounds ...

QSuper ploughs $2b into derivatives and swaps

Super fund QSuper has taken the extraordinary step of investing around $2 billion in derivative and swap contracts that mimic the performance of inflation-linked bonds as an alternative to buying the real thing. As the name suggests, inflation-linked ...

No free lunch with high conviction funds: WestLB Mellon

Global investment manager WestLB Mellon played host to a round table session in Sydney this week where the who's who of the financial services industry battled out the pros and cons of so-called high conviction funds. Fittingly held at swish Hemmes ...

QIC scoops HESTA$100m mandate

QIC has received a timely injection of cash as it launches its QIC international small companies fund (ISCF), in the form of a $100 million mandate from health and community services industry fund, HESTA. QIC's international equities team worked together ...

Saunders to leave Challenger following QIC deal

Challenger's head of manager research and alliances Caroline Saunders and senior manager research and alliances Kathy Cave are to leave the group as a result of a new strategic alliance Challenger has just signed with the $39 billion wholesale fund ...

QSuper expands investment options for members

The $14 billion QSuper fund will be offering more than 420,000 of its members, eight investment options. Members can now choose to invest in fixed interest, Australian shares, international shares and socially responsible investment alternatives. QSuper ...

QIC strategist wins international gong

The John Hanson Memorial Prize in the US has been awarded to QIC head strategist Tony Day for his paper on the relationship between financial economics and actuarial practice. Mr Day's paper is entitled Financial Economics and Actuarial Practice and ...

IFSA 2004/05 Board of Directors finalised

IFSA's Board of Directors for 2004/05 was finalised at the association's directors AGM with four new appointments for the coming year. The newly elected members are Dr Doug McTaggart CEO Queensland Investment Corporation, Paul Bedbrook CEO ING Australia ...

Mortgage Choice gets Mac Attack, supersizes board

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2004
Mortgage broker Mortgage Choice has supersized its board with a double serve of McTalent. The unlisted home loan company said it appointed former McDonald\'s Australia chairman Peter Ritchie as its chairman. The current deputy managing director of McDonalds ...