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VicSuper adopts fresh approach to sovereign exposure

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
Victorian superannuation fund, VicSuper recently made significant changes to its core international fixed interest portfolio to better manage what it regards as heightened global sovereign risk. Working with investment adviser Towers Watson, fund manager ...

Five Aus equities managers share $1bn in new mandates

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
Close to $1 billion dollars worth of new Australian equities mandates have been handed out by industry superannuation fund VicSuper as part of an investment overhaul. AllianceBernstein, Perpetual, Tribeca Investment Partners, SG Hiscock and Vinva will ...

Fed twists again like it did last summer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
Is this all we get? No, QE? Just an extension of what we've seen over the past year? Not happy Ben. Wall Street's disappointment became evident as soon as the US Federal Reserve's decision hit the screens shortly after midday NY time -- the Dow dropped ...

BlackRock wins $3.8 billion VicSuper mandates

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
BlackRock Investment Management Australia has been appointed to manage almost $4 billion of assets for VicSuper Fund, one of Australia's fastest growing public offer superannuation funds. BlackRock will manage the index mandates across Australian equity ...

Machines of loving grace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
The Fed has spoken and financial markets thought they liked what they heard. To be sure, to be sure, the 1.5% rebound on Wall Street overnight - and an almost equivalent bounce in Europe - is as welcome as welcome could be. Anything that could break ...

HFA appoints new CEO

ASX RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
Oscar Martinis and Robert White are stepping down from their roles as joint managing directors at HFA Asset Management after the listed company named its new chief executive. Martinis worked at the firm for nine years and White, for seven. Both have ...

HFA to re-open flagship fund

HFA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
HFA Asset Management is set to re-open its flagship $565 million Diversified Investments Fund to new investment as early as July this year - more than a year since it was forced to suspend redemptions due to the liquidity crisis. The decision to re-open ...

State Super Fin Services seeks CIO

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
The $8 billion State Super Financial Services is actively looking for a new chief investment officer following the resignation of Oscar Fabian, who is taking up a similar post at VicSuper. SSFS said it was looking for a candidate that has senior level ...

State Super Fin Services CIO resigns, takes VIC Super post

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
The chief investment officer of State Super Financial Services, Oscar Fabian, has resigned from his role to become the CIO of the $7 billion fund VIC Super in April this year. It is understood that Fabian has already tendered his resignation and will ...

SSFS ushers Asian Century in $1bn global equities overhaul

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
State Super Financial Services has made a decisive move into emerging markets by carving out 10 per cent of its global equities allocation and transferring it into emerging markets strategies. Oscar Fabian, chief investment officer and general manager ...