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Software provider signs four Aussie hedge funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016

An international cloud-based software provider will expand into Australia via four newly-signed hedge fund clients. Driven by the demand for affordable, institutional quality integrated OMS and PMS software, Singapore-based AlphaDesk began actively ...

Investment managers must find purpose, not performance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016

Investment managers need to move away from the current culture of performance-driven investing towards one that is purpose-driven. This is the key theme of the latest insight from State Street's independent think-tank, the Centre for Applied Research ...

BMW caught on car loan failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016

BMW Finance must contribute $5 million to financial literacy and consumer advocacy initiatives as part of Australia's largest consumer credit remediation program, including an enforceable undertaking accepted by ASIC. BMW Finance will provide $77 million ...

Time is up for the static portfolio mix: JPMAM

KERRIE SYDEE | FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016

Investors who maintain a simple static allocation mix will have to come to terms with a trajectory of falling returns, according to the 2017 edition of J.P. Morgan Asset Management's Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions. For investors looking to achieve ...

AMG CEO says alpha is all about people

ALEX BURKE | FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016

Chief executive of the NYSE-listed, $950 billion Affiliated Managers Group, Sean Healey, says the secret to his firm's success was recognising people and culture drive alpha generation. Healey, who joined AMG in 1995 from Goldman Sachs, was visiting ...

Active winning out in down markets: MFS

ALEX BURKE | FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016

Despite the rising prominence of passive strategies, active management remains a cornerstone of Australian investment. This is the key finding of new research from the 2016 MFS Active Management Sentiment report, conducted by CoreData based on a survey ...

EM currencies potential alpha source

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016

Debt denominated in local currencies in the emerging markets sector presents an interesting opportunity for Australian investors, according to Man GLG. Man GLG head of emerging market debt strategies, Guillermo Osses, believes that despite the recent ...

Alphinity funds added to mFund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016

Alphinity Investment Management has added three managed funds to the ASX's mFund offering. In a bid to increase retail investors' accessibility to Alphinity products, the investment manager has made available the Alphinity Australian Share Fund, the ...

PM Capital LIC director resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016

A director of the PM Capital Asian Opportunities Fund has stood down. Andrew Reeve-Parker tendered his resignation from the ASX-listed fund, effective from the listed company's annual general meeting today. Reeve-Parker has been with PM Capital Asian ...

Nikko AM wins Aussie equity mandate

DARREN SNYDER | TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016

An industry superannuation fund is partnering with Nikko Asset Management for an Australian equities mandate. The $4 billion TWUSUPER recently appointed Nikko to run a mandate through its long running Australian Equities Comparative Value Analysis strategy. ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN | 12:33PM

Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA | 11:56AM

Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI | 11:09AM

The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA | 12:20PM

MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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