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Ascalon adds hedge fund boutique

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
Ascalon Capital Managers has established a hedge fund boutique with three former Macquarie Funds Group executives. Helix Partners specialises in global equities using a quantitative process that is developed by former Macquarie Funds Group quantitative ...

Ex-Macquarie sales head jumps to HSBC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
HSBC Bank has appointed former Macquarie Funds Group head of retail sales Geoffrey Pidgeon as head of wholesale wealth management within its global investments business in Australia. As head of wholesale wealth management, Pidgeon will be responsible ...

Macquarie buys Delaware Investments

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
... business with clients, using the same processes. Commenting on the sale, Shemara Wikramanayake, global head of Macquarie Funds Group, said the firm felt "now is an ideal time to expand our reach and offering as an asset manager". "The acquisition of ...

Fundies and analysts target IT sector

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... he said. This sentiment is backed-up by Mark Harrison, portfolio manager of the high conviction fund at Macquarie Funds Group. He said some IT companies are showing solid business models. While the firm's high conviction fund does not include any IT ...

Macq prepares for longevity risk

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
... widely available in the US but not locally will soon see a raft of these products hit the shelves, with Macquarie Funds Group setting up an entire team purpose-built for this one product category. Macquarie Funds Group (MFG) has appointed former McKinsey ...

More than ratings: S&P

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
... of ratings they hold. Since the beginning of the year, APN Funds Management, Deutsche Asset Management, Macquarie Funds Group, Lazard Asset Management and Goldman Sachs JBWere among others have all dropped their Standard & Poor's ratings. But Milton ...

Macq Funds adds two Aus eq analysts

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
Macquarie Funds Group has added two fundamental analysts to its Australian equities team. Andy Kovacs, who previously led Macquarie Securities' food and beverage sector research team, joins the Australian equities unit as senior analyst. In his new ...

Macquarie targets funds mgmt acquisitions

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... management businesses by its global banking and investment banking rivals to bulk up in funds management. Macquarie Funds Group (MFG) head Shemara Wikramanayake told analysts at a Macquarie Group operational briefing today that she had put together a ...

Platforms should adopt insto approach

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
... rather than merely responding to short-term trends, said Bruce Murphy executive director, distribution, Macquarie Funds Group. Murphy said the bear market would likely lead to a change in platform behaviour - one that is based on an institutional approach ...

Macq to open next Gateway

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
... they don't have debt and there's still a lot of demand from the growing middle class," said Irene Deutsch, Macquarie Funds Group head of retail distribution. The Gateway Trust provides investors with capital protection at maturity and the option to gear ...