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Ben Davis bags CIMA scholarship

Zenith Investment Partners' Ben Davis is the latest recipient of the BlackRock-sponsored CIMA Scholarship for Retail Managed Funds and Master Trust Research Analysts. BlackRock said the Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) Program addresses ...

New era for investment analysts

The unprecedented demand for alternative investments in the past two years has turned the world of the investment analyst completely upside down and has inspired the industry's leading experts to go back to "school" to teach the new rules. The Investment ...

Better beta through fundamental indexing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2007
Institutional investors can diversify their beta exposure and gain higher returns along the way through fundamental indexing, said Jason Hsu, a director at Research Affiliates, at the IMCA Conference last week. Hsu said that one of the ironies in investors ...

The future of super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
Fund size, a well-defined management structure and a flexible investment portfolio are the key ingredients of an "optimal" super fund, according to a leading expert in global pension management. Speaking at the Investment Management Consultants Association ...

MM over-diversification a myth: Russell

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
Keep picking investment managers and adding them to your portfolio until you can't find another good one, Russell Investment Management told yesterday's IMCA's conference. "Picking good managers is fundamental to any multi-manager portfolio. But many ...

Ambachtsheer receives Outstanding Industry Contribution Award

Keith Ambachtsheer, a world-renowned pensions expert who is visiting Australia next month has received the prestigious Outstanding Industry Award at the 2007 European Pension Fund Awards held in Vienna last week. Ambachtsheer, an adjunct professor at ...

Inhouse investment consulting on the rise

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
As super funds become more sophisticated, they are not only driving their investments harder but building their own investment teams, so they can work more collaboratively with the asset consultants. "Super funds have become large businesses and have ...

Lander and de Pourbaix take out BlackRock CIMA Scholarship

Financial Facts' research manager Lukasz de Pourbaix and van Eyk's co-head of investment research Jerome Lander have taken out this year's BlackRock CIMA Scholarship for Retail Researchers. Announced each year at the 13th annual Rainmaker Information ...

BlackRock and IMCA award scholarship

The Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) is still accepting applications for this year's Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) scholarship with the closing date less than two months away. Sponsored by BlackRock, the $5,000 scholarship ...

IMCA annoints new chair

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2007
Lorraine Berends, principal of Marvin & Palmer Associates and director of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), has been elected chair of the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) Australia. Berends has been a director ...