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Hedge funds face brain drain

LAURA MILLAN, MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... consequences as the best talent disappears to the opaque family office sector. Ibbotson Associates head of alternatives Craig Stanford thinks the situation in Australia is "almost like a brain drain." He said that focus on low fees, transparency and ...

FEATURE: Beyond Beta

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... is not the traditional market cap weighted methodology. Everything else about the term smart beta seems problematic. Stanford University professor Bill Sharpe, who won a Nobel Prize for defining the concepts of beta and alpha, famously said that the ...

PROFILE: Stanford Brown chief executive Jonathan Hoyle

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... to where he is now: Michael Lewis's autobiography, Liar's Poker, and the sight of fresh blood. The chief executive of Stanford Brown was 20 years old and studying biochemistry when he picked up a copy of Lewis's book and realised he was both too squeamish ...

Cost cuts put research at risk

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... meeting the obligation of advisers to select products that meet the best interests of clients." Boutique advice group Stanford Brown, which specialises in serving the medical sector and private wealth clients, said an excessively aggressive focus on ...

Universities at fossil fuel divestment frontlines

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... campuses in the States. "That's where it's been strongest here in Australia, too. And seeing institutions like Oxford and Stanford recognising the need to show climate leadership by sending a clear message that we need to move beyond fossil fuels is ...

Fossil fuel divestment gathers pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
The fossil fuel divestment push is gathering pace, this time with 295 faculty members of Stanford University in the US writing to its board of trustees asking them to divest its $25 billion endowment fund from the investment sector. The Stanford University ...

Vanguard appoints APAC senior economist

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... 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 team. We look ...

Fraser and Hewson support ANU's right to divest

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... consistent with the approach of a growing number of investors around the world including the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Stanford University. The decision is also consistent with the views of 82% of ANU students and a number of staff." The majority ...

JANA rejigs team after absorbing MLC IM

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... Management has seen a staffing restructure that has led to the departure of a key consultant. Former JANA consultant Neil Stanford has departed choosing to look for opportunities outside NAB, JANA chief executive Ian Patrick told Financial Standard. ...

CBA appoints new insto banking group exec

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013