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SSGA appoints head of Asia-Pacific

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
State Street Global Advisors named Lochiel Crafter's replacement as the head of its Asia-Pacific business. James MacNevin was previously chief operating officer, Asia-Pacific at SSGA. He joined the company in 1994 as Asia-Pacific head of investment ...

Consistent growth fuels Future Fund cyber fears

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... "The consequence of that is that we have taken a little more risk." During the period the fund increased its allocation in global equities, which now stands at 26.3% of the overall portfolio. Cash holdings dropped to 16.4%. This boosted it's the fund's ...

SSGA sales head lands top job, successor named

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
The head of managed fund sales at State Street Global Advisors in Australia is relocating to the US headquarters in Boston for a senior role. Starting in the new year, Amy Johnston will lead a sales team across the Americas servicing corporates, endowments ...

Aussie hedge fund seeking $300m for retail IPO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2017
... Partners is looking to raise $300 million, with a possible further $100 million in oversubscriptions, for VGI Partners Global Investments (VG1), having lodged a prospectus with ASIC yesterday. VG1 will be managed by VGI Partners and focus on long-term ...

Macquarie leads alternatives pack

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
Global alternative assets under management rose 10% to US$4 trillion in the 12 months to December 2016, with Macquarie Group dominating the local sector. The annual Willis Towers Watson global alternatives survey of 562 investment managers (which included ...

State Street services over half of global ETF assets

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
State Street has announced that global ETF assets under its administration have exceeded US$2 trillion. The Boston-headquartered corporation now services more than half (55%) of the global industry's ETF and ETP assets under management, according to ...

Markets ignoring climate crisis: Hewson

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... crisis far more severe than the one caused by subprime mortgages. Speaking at a Sydney briefing discussing BetaShares' Global Sustainability Leaders ETF, Hewson said Australia is a "long way behind" in terms of political response to climate change, and ...

NZ Super Fund CEO joins PPI board

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... envision the next two years for PPI under Adrian's capable leadership," PPI president Lionel C Johnson said. PPI represents global pension and sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations and asset managers. The organisation also recently appointed ...

Myer Family Company appoints CIO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
... underpin long-term wealth management." The investment team is also bolstered with the appointment of Justin Rooney as head of global market strategies. Before MFCo, Rooney was director of private wealth markets at BT Financial Group and head of institutional ...

Aussie start-up wins $500m impact investing mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
... mandate - with another $500 million in the works. Less than a year since its launch, Sydney-based financial services outfit Global Impact Initiative (GII) has secured a USD$500 million mandate from London-based social problem solving agency World Wide ...