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Top equities managers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
Former Ausbil microcap managers Tony Waters and Chris Prunty have come out on top of Mercer's Australian Shares Investment Manager Performance ranking, after their QVG Capital Long Short fund returned 29.3% for the year. Hyperion Australian Growth and ...

WAM makes alternatives play

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
Geoff Wilson's $3 billion Wilson Asset Management has acquired the management rights for embattled alternatives investment company Blue Sky. On May 20 last year, Blue Sky Alternative Investments announced it had been forced into receivership, with Oaktree ...

Changes to advice incoming: Bragg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... be an easy thing for us to establish, and would provide a better deal to members." Bragg said the super industry needs to focus more on helping Australians into the housing market, referencing research by Rice Warner and Grattan, which suggests those ...

Growth outplays value: Frontier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
Growth continued to outperform value according to a new study by Frontier Advisers looking at the performance of fund managers in the final quarter of 20109/20. In a note released to its clients, Frontier reported that growth-focused managers outstripped ...

Evans & Partners adds distribution lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
Evans & Partners has appointed a former Cambridge Investment Partners director to a lead distribution role. Charlie Wapshott has been named head of distribution for Evans & Partners' International Equity Fund, focused on developing a national strategy ...

Kapstream restructures investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
Kapstream Capital has made its head of credit redundant as it aims for a flatter team structure, while also hiring a new credit-focussed portfolio manager. Raymond Lee, who spent nearly a decade at Kapstream and previously managed money for Lachlan ...

Statewide overhauls risk management approach

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
Statewide Super has hit the refresh button on its approach to risk, prompted by COVID-19 and the Royal Commission. The funds recently appointed chief risk officer, Jason Muir said his goal is to refresh the industry fund's approach to risk in a post-COVID-19 ...

J.P. Morgan launches ESG integration policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... Jennifer Wu, global head of sustainable investing. As part of the new policy statement, the sustainable investing team will focus on building their proprietary ESG scoring system, thematic research and analytics, with a key focus on climate change and ...

QIC appoints general manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... most recently QIC's general manager, research and product innovation. "The role change recognises the QIC team's focus on partnering with our clients to deliver them solutions to best meet their clients' and members' needs," QIC said. ...

Multi-boutique adds to US team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
A local multi-boutique has appointed a managing director for Americas, in a newly-created role focussed on expanding its distribution in the region. Jeff Chapman - owned Bennelong Funds Management has appointed Daniel Allen as the managing director ...