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William Blair targets super fund investors with 'game theory'

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
Chicago-based asset manager William Blair's head of dynamic allocation strategies Brian Singer has been in Australia promoting the firm's Macro Allocation Fund to institutional investors. The strategy is centred on the investment philosophy of 'game ...

EM corp bonds better than US: CFSGAM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... attractive yield. It's a no-brainer." Williamson's comments echo those of Goldman Sachs emerging market debt portfolio manager Blair Reid who told Financial Standard that the asset class was more attractive than it has ever been. While Reid favoured ...

GSAM offers EM debt to retail

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... been and the low debt in these markets makes it fairly attractive," Goldman Sachs Asset Management's lead portfolio manager Blair Reid said. "With this portfolio, investors can take advantage of local currency return as well as bond yields." Reid acknowledged ...

William Blair ramps up bid to win super fund mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
Chicago-based investment manager William Blair has stepped up its bid to penetrate the Australian superannuation fund market by bringing senior investment and distribution executives to Sydney to present to asset consultants and ratings houses. Head ...

Lifecycle not the answer: Rice Warner

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... Rice Warner. "A typical lifestyle investment option is an asset-only solution, up to the point of retirement," said Mark Blair, Rice Warner's head of Superannuation. "Rice Warner's Retirement Solution matches a fund's assets and member needs up to and ...

Asset consultants influence to grow amid industry change

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... success or failure of a fund manager." Alex Francois, head of Australia and New Zealand institutional distribution at William Blair, has the task of launching the Chicago-based firm's funds in Australia with the ultimate goal of winning mandates for ...

William Blair appoints head of distribution in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
William Blair, the Chicago-based global investment bank, has appointed Alex FranASois as head of institutional distribution for Australia and New Zealand. With more than $47 billion in assets, William Blair Investment Management provides portfolio management ...

Cold calling scammer gets 10 year ban

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
Australian Securities & Investments Commission has banned City Index Australasia and its director, Blair Jason Travers, from the financial services industry for 10 years after being found guilty of a cold calling scam. Australian Securities & Investments ...

J.P. Morgan wins four super fund mandates

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... Australian superannuation funds face an unprecedented rate of regulatory change which will alter the way they do business. Mark Kelley, recently appointed chief executive officer of J.P. Morgan WSS in Australia and New Zealand, said the industry was ...

Rice Warner appoints new head of super

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
Rice Warner has named Mark Blair as a new principal and national head of superannuation, where he will lead the actuary's growing super consulting practice. Blair takes over from current head of super and company director Jeff Warner, who will stay ...