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Property groups looking through the schooner glass

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
Australian property groups who recently made hospitality acquisitions may feel their choices are vindicated by a new report suggesting alcohol consumption has "rebounded" in the country. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) ...

King to relaunch Sovereign after Mercer restructure

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
Investment adviser and Mercer partner Ray King has left the business and will reestablish the alternatives consultancy firm he founded in 2000, Sovereign Investment Research. King told Financial Standard he departed Mercer following the company's acquisition ...

PROFILE: PGI chief executive Grant Forster

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
Principal Global Investors (PGI) chief executive Grant Forster's first job at a Woolworths supermarket was hard work. He remembers long eight-hour shifts packing fridges, stacking shelves and assisting customers. "It taught me it was an area I didn't ...

Vanguard overtakes PIMCO as largest bond manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... Gross. Only in April, clients pulled $5.6 billion from the fund, which takes the outflow since the departure of PIMCO's 'bond king' to $110 billion, the Financial Times reported. As of March 31, 2015, PIMCO's total assets under management globally reached ...

AB appoints institutional MD

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
AllianceBernstein (AB) has appointed a managing director for the institutional side of the business, the Australia Client Group. Jeremy Browne will report to AB chief executive in Australia and New Zealand Jen Driscoll, the company confirmed. Browne ...

Pubs satisfying BlackRock income thirst

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
Pubs in the United Kingdom are proving an attractive source of income in an otherwise low yield environment, according to the world's largest asset manager BlackRock. "In the UK, the only area we have positive exposure to is pub bonds," BlackRock deputy ...

UK business leads BTIM inflows

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
Westpac-owned BT Investment Management grew its funds under management by $10.7 billion for the six months to 31 March with strong net inflows coming from its business in the United Kingdom. Funds under management were up 16% to $77.1 billion and net ...

No inflation but no growth either: Janus Capital

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... will sell-off and having an unconstrained bond fund will be an attractive strategy." That was the reason behind hiring 'bond king' Bill Gross in September. His Unconstrained Bond Fund, which is managed from an office in California's Newport Beach, has ...

Advance AM head of strategy steps down

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
BT-owned Advance Asset Management's head of strategy and research Felix Stephen will leave the company on April 30. In addition to his 11 years at Advance, Stephen has broad experience across the banking and financial services sectors, having held roles ...

Appetite for managed funds growing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... partly driven by a growing desire for greater diversification in domestic and international markets. Investment Trends analyst King Loong Choi also said that younger investors are typically more open to investing in managed funds in the future than older ...