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Treasury buys stake in two boutiques

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... looking for - experience and a good track record. "We met with a lot of people and many are trying to start-up asset managers for the first time. We think it's a difficult time to do that so we've gone for track records, experience and boutiques where ...

Astarra reaches $1 billion milestone

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... firm also attributes its FUM growth to financial advisers outsourcing their asset management capabilities to multi-asset managers, including Astarra. As a result, Astarra has now formed several partnerships with dealer groups wishing to outsource the ...

Charles River adds Nomura platform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... offering over 500 algorithmic strategies via Charles River IMS. "To address the APAC region's market fragmentation, asset managers and institutional investors continue to demand electronic trading tools and strategies," said Cameron Field, managing director ...

Corporate governance needs national voice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
... institutional investors can gain support for corporate governance issues, at present, many investment bank linked asset managers are not members of the Asian Corporate Governance Association because of the conflict it presents between businesses, said ...

Media Super names CIO

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
... Consulting. Prior to the appointment, Glass ran his own investment advisory firm FineAnswers. He has held senior roles at asset managers including AMP and BT and was an investment consultant at Sedgwick Noble Lowndes.

T. Rowe Price to grow retail presence

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
... to 2008. Following the global financial crisis, T. Rowe Price emerged as one of the top three largest pure play asset managers by market capitalisation, just below BlackRock and Franklin Resources. To date, T. Rowe's global equity strategy is available ...

BNY Mellon boutiques win mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... London and at Walter Scott, based in Edinburgh. Each mandate will be benchmarked to the MSCI Kokusai index. Both asset managers offer a wealth of investment experience. Newton has been managing global mandates for 30 years and applies a single portfolio ...

AllianceBernstein wins Treasury mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
... The Treasury however intends to continue its hiring spree and flagged its intention to hire a group of smaller asset managers, this time from applicants with less than US$2 billion under management. This is to "ensure a diversity of service providers ...

US fixed interest SRI beats market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... fund assets. But they are growing their assets at 14 per cent annually. To continue the momentum, DeBolt said, "Asset managers that employ a socially investing strategy need to dispel the myth that these types of funds do not perform as well as their ...

Barclays sells iShares

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... return from the iShares business. The sale means Barclays Global Investors will remain one of the world's largest asset managers. "This transaction realises significant value for Barclays. IShares has experienced rapid growth over the past several years ...