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Super moves: NGS Super, HESTA, Mercer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... currency, commodity and tactical asset allocation, a role he held after joining the fund more than seven years ago as a quantitative analyst. Jennifer Nguyen, meanwhile, has been promoted to assistant portfolio manager within Mercer's multi-asset ...

Fairlight adds Sydney partner

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... Capital alongside Fairlight co-founder Thomas Gent. The first fund to be offered will be a long/short systematic quantitative hedge fund run by Bowmoor Capital. Gent said: "Having known Will for some time, we're extremely pleased to welcome him as ...

NGS Super appoints asset allocation lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... currency, commodity and tactical asset allocation, a role he held after joining the fund more than seven years ago as a quantitative analyst. He was appointed manager of portfolio construction after just 12 months of working with the superannuation fund ...

Aussie executive tapped for top Kiwi job

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... and high-net-worth individuals. Before taking on the new role, Stanford spent five years with global multi-strategy quantitative manager Capital Fund Management. As director of Asia Pacific business development, he covered both the institutional and ...

Super moves: HESTA, Nest, Resolution Life, NZ Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... including fixed income strategies and non-investment-linked multi-asset portfolios. She also carried responsibility for quantitative models and contributed to the group's macroeconomic view. Before joining the life office three years ago, she was ...

Rainmaker's John Dyall to retire

STAFF WRITERS  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... across the industry while maintaining his reputation as a collaborative problem solver. His approach has balanced quantitative rigor with the sort of practical wisdom that only comes from years of working directly with financial advisers and their clients. ...

ETF Shares reduces management fee

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
... stocks, comprising Nvidia, Tesla, Google, Facebook (Meta), Amazon, Apple and Microsoft. It uses a rules-based and quantitative approach by selecting the top 10 stocks on the Nasdaq and equally weighting them at each quarterly rebalance. ETF Shares chief ...

Quant investing bounces back post Trump whipsaw

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
... said. Haslinger highlighted that a lack of direction in the market without any new mega trends can negatively impact quantitative funds. This year Trump's volatile policies created a whipsaw in the market, leading the entire trend following segment ...

Lazard AM opens flagship global equity fund to local investors

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
... 20-member equity advantage team - currently overseeing some $47 billion in various strategies - that combines proprietary quantitative insights with perspectives from a network of fundamental investors. It is distributed annually and tracks the MSCI ...

Super moves: AustralianSuper,HESTA, Rest

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... Americas to lead the region's expansion. In other other news, HESTA has promoted Jennifer Hua to portfolio manager, quantitative investment strategy, from associate portfolio manager, systematic research. The move reflects the fund's growing ...