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State Super appoints acting CIO

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... risk-adjusted basis. State Super's former chief investment officer Gary Gabriel on October joined the VFMC investment team on October 26 as its head of portfolio management. Gabriel reports to VFMC chief investment officer Russell Clarke. He led ...

Pengana shutters income-focused fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... coming years and Pengana has therefore decided to terminate the income fund." The fund was managed by Pengana's investment team including Rhett Kessler, Anton Du Preez, Mark Christensen and Chris Tan. The flagship Australian equities fund, which Pengana ...

AMP Capital ESG lead jumps to Platypus

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... welcome a professional of Kristen's calibre to lead Platypus's product development in this area and to support our investment team with ESG issues as they relate to portfolio construction and performance," Adamson said. "Kristen is passionate about engagement ...

Super funds bullish on hiring

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
Recruitment activity in the superannuation industry has surged as many want to hire professionals skilled in the areas of data, ESG and risk, Kaizen Recruitment data reveals. Less than 5% of superannuation fund executives told the specialist recruiter ...

VFMC hires State Super investments chief

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... Super has left the role for a new one at the Victoria Funds Management Corporation. Gary Gabriel joined the VFMC investment team on October 26 as its head of the portfolio management. He will lead the group responsible for portfolio strategy and asset ...

Elston expands team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020
Elston Asset Management has expanded their investment team with two new appointments. Artem Zainitdinov has been appointed as equities dealer/portfolio analyst with Elston. Meanwhile, David Seager has been brought on as an investment analyst in the ...

AustralianSuper ratings slide at Morningstar

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... bronze, Financial Standard reported earlier this week. In AustralianSuper's review, Wong noted its strong senior investment team, fee negotiating skills and well-considered asset allocation. However, he also pointed to the turnover in internal investment ...

IFM jumps on net zero bandwagon

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... initiatives. IFM said it has established a multi-disciplinary taskforce to support the commitment, spearheaded by its investment team. It will establish clear frameworks and policies to guide and support sustainable decision-making processes that are ...

FSC encourages investment team diversity

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has launched a new fund manager resource and guidance note to help improve gender balance in investment management teams. The report, called Guidance Note 38 - Diversity focuses on practical measures that workplaces ...

MySuper reforms could have downsides

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... underperformance. This will be an incentive for funds to identify underperforming external investment managers or in-house investment team members and fire them. However, this incentive could actually put super funds at odds with ratings agencies which ...