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Mercer hires investment strategy lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... investment strategy. Gwion Moore joins the portfolio management senior leadership team, responsible for leading asset allocation decision making for the Mercer Pacific funds. He spent about four years at Suncorp as executive manager of investment strategy ...

Lifecycle fails to woo industry super

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
Six years after the first lifecycle MySuper products hit the shelves, industry superannuation funds have trailed behind the retail sector in terms of adoption. Only five industry funds ditched their single strategy MySuper product for a lifecycle option ...

Industry fund dips toes in private equity

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... ISPT (property), EIT (infrastructure, in particular renewables) and AMP (property)." ACRF adjusts its strategic asset allocation dynamically. All investments are managed through external managers and the super fund often seeds new strategies early in ...

Future Fund hires from WTW

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... Willis Tower Watsons since 2016 where she advised institutional clients in portfolio construction, strategic asset allocation, organizational design and governance. Prior to this, she was at NZ Super for seven years where she was responsible for the ...

Melbourne boutique hires portfolio manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... chief investment officer Kate Samranvedhya said: "Ben's analytical and quantitative skills, macroeconomic and asset allocation experience, combined with perspective from his native China give our team additional strength and diversity of views." ...

SG Hiscock, DMP Asset Management to merge

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... unit trusts, while DMPAM will take care of tailored portfolio services, focusing on providing funds management, asset allocation and portfolio construction solutions to wholesale clients. DMPAM chief executive Angus Graham said the merger made sense ...

Jamieson Coote Bonds introduces global fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
... the global strategy earlier this year. It is designed to be a diversity play among investors' fixed income asset allocation and "complement domestic risk asset exposures by helping to improve risk-adjusted returns, particularly at this time of uncertainty." ...

Bond fund launches to local investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... sector. "However, some investors may not have the resources to manage such a diverse portfolio. Outsourcing the asset allocation decisions between the wide range of credit asset classes on offer, allows the investors to be nimble and act on opportunities ...

WTW Australia asset consulting lead joins super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
... investment team and has overall responsibility for investment governance, investment strategy and monitoring, asset allocation and portfolio construction. He replaces Ben Palmer who served in the role for nine years before being appointed as chief executive ...

MLC MySuper switches to lifestage

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... life stage products offered by retail funds have a high number of lifestages with many changing members' asset allocation every five or 10 years, often starting these switches when members are very young." Rainmaker Information senior research analyst ...