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Lonsec expects growth in smart beta ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... performance characteristic. Surveys by the business school of the EDHEC-Risk Institute in France show that 40% of institutional investors are using smart beta-type index approaches in their equity portfolios. Lonsec general manager of specialised research ...

QIC takes stake in US shopping malls

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... would provide it with access to premium quality, scarce offshore assets that meet the global real estate needs of institutional clients. "Expansion into the United States retail sector is a natural progression and comes after extensive investigation ...

Rubik to focus on boutique financial planning

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... financial planning software from Macquarie Banking and Financial Services Group. "We want to have both a boutique and an institutional base," Rubik Financial managing director of Wealth Wayne Wilson told Financial Standard. The acquisition has made Rubik ...

nabinvest expands institutional team

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
nabInvest has expanded its institutional team with the appointment of former Challenger institutional business manager Michael Gaffney to the role of investment specialist. Prior to taking on this role Gaffney was the institutional business manager ...

Westpac appoints head of Debt Capital Markets

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
Former ANZ head of the Financial Institutions Group, Australia, John Chauvel has resurfaced at Westpac Institutional Bank (Westpac) as managing director and head of Debt Capital Markets. He will report to managing director and Head of Debt Markets Tony ...

DST Bluedoor to take platforms to Europe

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... executive director Martin Spedding said. The company has already started to work on the implementation of the first institutional client on the IFDS platform administration service and has put together a team to focus on the European side of the business. ...

Downswing in bond yields clear path for Absolute Return Fixed Income

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... Rossen Djounov. Visiting Australia from London to promote the GAM Fixed Income Absolute Return (AU) strategy to institutional investors, Djounov said funds with a 'cash-plus' target offered investors the consistent positive returns in an increasingly ...

Investment in alternative assets on the rise globally

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
Institutional investors around the globe are allocating more to alternative assets such as listed real estate, private equity and infrastructure, according to the AMP Capital Institutional Investor Report. AMP surveyed institutional investors in Asia ...

Abenomics strengthens investment ties with Japan

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... of its 50-year historic average. "The fast money has headed in quick. Many of the hedge funds are all in, but the institutional market has been slow to react. Not even the Japanese investors have fully participated yet," he told journalists at a presentation ...

VC funds outperform, punch above their weight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... between 2005 and 2011," Dr Woodthorpe said. Despite these metrics venture capital is currently a low priority for institutional super fund investors due to its perceived higher risk and longer term time horizons. Some super funds have also expressed ...