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Pension funds look in-house for governance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... representing $642 billion in assets and found an increase in the number of funds beefing up their internal investment committee. The study looked at where pension funds are investing their money and whether they stick closely to their investment objectives ...

Asgard names head of investment sourcing

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... Private Bank, global management consulting firm, A.T. Kearney and ORB. McLaren already sits on the Asgard Investment Committee and the Securitor Investment Committee and has existing relationships with the firm's external service providers. "With over ...

CalPERS calls for ratings overhaul

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
... the current rating system, costing them millions in taxpayer dollars," said George Diehr, chair of CalPERS' investment committee. CalPERS is the US' largest public pension fund with assets totaling more than $262.7 billion.

Douglas to head van Eyk investment research

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
... Douglas will direct van Eyk's fund manager research team and provide asset allocation advice to Blueprint Investment Committee, which implements investment decisions on the firm's multi manager funds. This appointment follows the resignation of Suzanne ...

S&P recruits IOOF exec after Ibbetson's exit

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
... maintaining managed fund model portfolios and working on the firm's multi-manager funds. He also chairs the investment committee of IOOF's financial planner group Consultum and provides quantitative and qualitative research and advice to their clients. ...

Promnitz takes on regional head role

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2007
... of well-known Australian corporates. He is also a director of Mercer's Trustee Company and Chairman of the Investment Committee. Bernie O'Brien, who led the company's integration of Mellon in Australia and Watson Wyatt in New Zealand, has been named ...

Unisuper fills final committee space

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2007
... has appointed former Emergency Services Superannuation Scheme chief executive Graham Dunstan to UniSuper's investment committee, filling the last open space. Dunstan's appointment follows the recent appointment of Mervyn Peacock as chair of the investment ...

Dixon in three-part expansion push

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
... $1.5 billion in funds under advice (FUA) to its network, appointed former Bulletin editor Max Walsh to its investment committee and completed a business re-branding. Former ABN AMRO Morgans advisers have joined this month and will become full time employees ...

Inhouse investment consulting on the rise

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
... Rainmaker, said large funds above $10 billion in assets now average about five investment staff, not including the investment committee. This is up considerably from just a few years ago when the larger funds may have had only one or perhaps two investment ...

AustralianSuper changes guard

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
... will be replaced by alternate director and Ai group chief executive Heather Ridout, but remain on the fund's investment committee. Doug Cameron has been replaced by AMWU national secretary Dave Oliver, Greg Combet by the ACTU's Cath Bowtell, while Bill ...