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nabInvest buys equities start-up stake

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... space with a focus on "investment solutions that capture the tailored beta and quantitative alpha requirements of institutional investors in Australia and around the world," according to its chief executive officer, Tim Batho. The firm was established ...

AUI names four senior appointments

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... director at BNY Mellon Asset Management, Stephen Alcorn, has joined Australian Unity Investments (AUI) as head of institutional in a Sydney-based role. Alcorn has also held head of consultant relations roles at BNY Mellon and business development and ...

Instos urged to grab sovereign debt chance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
Institutional investors can profit from the European sovereign debt crisis by putting together a diversified portfolio of credit and capitalising on a more favourable risk reward profile, said Towers Watson's global head of fixed income manager research. ...

Insto investors stand by equity risk models

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
Global institutional investors believe that employing a variety of equity risk models is a key component of portfolio construction, retaining faith in them to help during a financial crisis, according to an MSCI survey. More than 600 portfolio managers ...

Perpetual shuts $1bn mortgage funds to focus on income

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... position for the traditional structure of mortgage funds." Last year, Perpetual raised $180 million through the institutional market for its secured private debt (SPD) fund. It will now expand the SPD series to include mortgage products for retail investors. ...

Bell recruits Bloomberg for risk and compliance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... which was already employing Bloomberg for core research, will use the system to manage global equity mandates for institutional clients domestically and overseas. "We have much better functionality than before and it is saving us money. The implementation ...

Insto fears over high frequency trading set to grow

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
Institutional investors are expressing increasing concern about the effect of high frequency trading on their trading outcomes in the equities market. According to a new survey conducted by institutional equities marketplace provider Liquidnet, more ...

JP Morgan appoints head of transition management

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... management sales desk. J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services (WSS) is a securities servicing provider that helps institutional investors, alternative asset managers, broker dealers and equity issuers optimise efficiency, mitigate risk and enhance ...

Latest Financial Standard iPad edition available today

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... managers are handling the current investment climate and their plans for the future. We also feature opinion on why institutional investment managers need to be carbon ready. The app is available for free from the App store. Look under 'Financial Standard' ...

AQR earns $150m of mandates for hedge fund strategy

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
AQR Capital Management has secured more than $150 million in new institutional mandates for its hedge fund strategy in Australia and New Zealand over the last three months, including $52 million from Mercer. The AQR Wholesale DELTA Fund, launched in ...