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Asset consultants "useless": Oxford University study

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
... evidence that consultants' recommendations add value," the study concluded. However, researchers suggested that institutional investors used asset consultants to provide "a 'narrative' to explain their actions, which provide comfort to institutional ...

Aircraft leasing, an opportunity for investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
... Research Dragana Timotijevic. The report suggests that aircraft leasing could be a suitable investment to Australian institutional investors and high-net worth willing to consider an alternative asset class alongside property and infrastructure. "Attractive ...

Boutiques squeezed out by increasing compliance costs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
Industry consolidation arising from increased regulatory compliance cost is leading to an institutionalisation of the investment landscape and eroding the competitive advantage of boutique investment management firms, according to a new report published ...

Super funds hungry for global equities specialists

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... equity funds would do well to exploit the growing interest in global equities from superannuation funds and other institutional investors, according to Lars Wincentsen, portfolio manager at Danish global equity fund Carnegie Asset Management. Since Carnegie ...

Challenger CEO joins FSC board, AWI's Heap to depart

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013

EQT adds ex-Frontier analyst, looks for more expansion

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
... EQT's funds management capability," Boubouras said. Kordick has 12 years industry experience and joins EQT from institutional asset consultant Frontier Investment Consulting, where he was an investment analyst. In this role, he was responsible for overseeing ...

Most EM currencies bounce back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
... difference between day and night," said Dr Feriani. It demonstrates why EMs should be in the radar for mainstream institutional investors, he added. "Investors are spoilt for choice now, unlike a decade ago." The rapid correction and re-correction to ...

Nikko AM appoints executive vice chairman

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013
... Nikko Asset Management has created the new role of executive vice chairman in an effort to reach a wider range of institutional and retail investors in both the Japanese domestic market and overseas. Hideo Abe has been appointed executive vice chairman ...

Select AM strengthens partnership with MGD Wealth

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013
MGD Wealth has added a third portfolio from Select Asset Management, further strengthening the companies' partnership. MGD Wealth has added Select AM's LDI Connect 20 Portfolio to its investment options. The new portfolio aims at providing cash reserves ...

UK boutique joins Fidante Partners stable

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013
... same name. "We are excited to welcome R&M into Fidante Partners, and we see strong and sustained appetite among institutional and wholesale investors for global equities." Fidante Partners general manager Cathy Hales said. As at 30 June, 2013, the UK-based ...