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PROFILE: Mercer senior partner David Knox

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... as a skill set in being actuaries. I think what happened in my area, as I was at Macquarie as an academic and completing my PhD, it really helped to round out my education in to a broader, multi-disciplinary space." This article first appeared in the ...

IFM Investors hires chief economist

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
IFM Investors has appointed a chief economist, a newly created role for the fund manager. PhD qualified macro-economist Alex Joiner joins the firm, bringing with him over a decade of experience across Australian, New Zealand and Asian economies, with ...

Equip appoints new board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... Jericevic as a new member director to achieve equal representation over that period," the Equip statement said. "Jericevic, who is PhD qualified in finance and is an independent consultant in the areas of treasury, governance and risk, received the next-highest ...

Colonial First State partners with UTS

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
... beneficial programs, projects and activities which include collaborative research projects, an industry Doctorate program, HDR/PhD student projects including student internships, Capstone projects, training and development, contract research and other ...

Tribeca creates new investment role

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
... quantitative skills and an ability to manage very large data sets in conjunction with sophisticated quantitative modelling. He has a PhD from Delft University of Technology (Netherlands) and a Bachelor's degree from University of Sydney in Applied Mathematics ...

Not all active managers are traders

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... truly believes," says co-founder and chief investment officer, Dr Stephen Fisher. Fisher, an Australian, said, based on his PhD research and further research he conducted when running portfolios and investment teams for JPMorgan Asset Management, actively ...

Australia bottom of the class for portfolio disclosure

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... practices. The study found that Australia is the only market not to have some form of mandated portfolio holdings disclosure (PHD). Though legislation was introduced in 2013, they are yet to be finalised. The earliest implementation will be July 1, 2016. ...

Altair appoints heads of research

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... many years of institutional investment experience to strengthen the capabilities of the firm," Parker said. Warneford holds a PhD in Medicine and has had a career that includes medical research roles and extensive experience in analysing stocks and managing ...

Plato hires senior quant analyst from SSgA

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... Australian, Asian and global equities, most recently as head of SSgA's Advanced Research Center in Sydney. Whiteoak has a PhD in Astrophysics and a first class honours degree in Science from the University of Sydney. Plato's founder and managing director ...

Vanguard appoints APAC senior economist

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... wealth fund based in Asia. Before that she worked an economist and head of Greater China research at JP Morgan. She holds a PhD from Stanford University. Asia-Pacific head of ISG Jeffrey Johnson said, "It is great to be able to welcome Dr Wang to the ...