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Magellan research head departs following restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
Magellan's head of research, Nikki Thomas, has left the company after 10 years following a restructure of the investment team. Thomas was promoted to the head of research role in 2014, having been a portfolio manager since 2011. She joined Magellan ...

Parametric appoints product manager from Willis Towers Watson

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
Industry consultant Parametric has appointed a new product manager. Sheela Veerappan joins Parametric from Willis Towers Watson, where she was an investment consultant. Prior to that, she was a senior research analyst at the Investment Innovation Institute ...

Fixed income specialist wins mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
Alpha Fund Managers has awarded a mandate to a specialist equity and fixed income boutique investment manager. Premium China Funds Management's Premium Asia Income Fund was selected for its ability to manage emerging market debt sector exposure and ...

Fund managers should have personal stake: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
Fund managers should 'put their money where their mouth is' and have a personal stake in the funds they manage, Financial Standard's weekly poll results show. About 80% of respondents either agree or strongly believe this statement, indicating portfolio ...

Global manager receives makeover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
One of the world's largest asset managers is rebranding, changing its name and launching a new platform and research division. Natixis Global Asset Management has changed its name to Natixis Investment Managers in greater acknowledgement of its multi-affiliate ...

BNP Paribas Asset Management restructures for efficiency

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
BNP Paribas Asset Management streamlined its organisational structure through the creation of a new investment group. Merging its teams from subsidiaries THEAM and CamGestion with that of its multi-asset solutions division, the multi-asset, quantitative ...

ARCO Investment Management launches new strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
ARCO Investment Management is responding to investor demand with a new, daily-priced absolute return offer. Building on the strong performance of its flagship absolute return strategy, ARCO has introduced the daily-priced ARCO Absolute Return Fund for ...

Perennial makes two senior equities appointments

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
Perennial Value Management has appointed a head of mid-caps and a head of smaller companies and micro caps. Grant Oshry, the new head of mid-caps, previously headed up Perennial's small-cap business since 2007. Perennial managing director John Murray ...

BTIM delivers record profit despite fee pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
BT Investment Management boosted its cash net profit after tax by 11% to $173.1 million, despite a 51% dip in performance fee earnings. The profit was mostly driven by strong net inflows of $4.7 billion; the boost in funds under management - up 14% ...

Quant manager ties momentum with machine

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
A global quantitative investment manager has turned the clock to re-evaluate its momentum strategies, using expertise in machine learning to build better alpha-capturing trading systems. In his recent trip to Australia, Man AHL chief scientist Anthony ...