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More alpha gains through ops

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022
Growth in fund complexity and managing assets in-house has triggered intensive efforts by pension funds to beef up their operational and support functions. JANA principal consultant and head of operational consulting, Jo Leaper, says there is a growing ...

Carrara Capital picks SS&C GlobeOp as fund administrator

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
Carrara Capital has appointed SS&C GlobeOp as the administrator for its recently launched multi-strategy fund. Carrara Capital was founded by former Concentrated Leaders Fund chief executive and Crestone chief investment officer David Sokulsky in 2020. ...

Retail the next frontier for private markets: Preqin

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
According to the Preqin Future of Alternatives in 2027 report, fund managers are pivoting to retail investors as institutional fundraising slows. The report said that private capital fund managers have long tried to tap into the retail market, having ...

Defensive equities strategies protect against downturn: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2022
A new report has identified five distinct types of defensive equity strategies delivering protection in different ways and with very different results. Defensive Equity and Market Downturns: Is This Time Different? issued by bfinance revealed the main ...

ASIC announces sizeable prosecution list

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022
ASIC has prosecuted 10 companies for failing to comply with obligations to lodge financial reports. The regulator announced its sizeable list on Friday and said the prosecutions took place between January 2022 and June 2022. ASIC acted against the Blackgold ...

Treasurer announces RBA review

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is instituting the first major review of the setting of monetary policy and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) since the 1990s. In the context of Australia facing a complex combination of difficult economic conditions, Chalmers ...

Foresight buys Infrastructure Capital Group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2022
Infrastructure Capital Group (ICG) has been acquired by Foresight Group, creating a $20 billion infrastructure and renewables specialist investor. ICG has been investing in energy, renewables, transport, and other infrastructure projects for the last ...

Foord appoints Apex Group to support Australian launch

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
Foord Asset Management has appointed Apex Group to provide fund administration, transfer agency and custody services to its new Australia-domiciled fund. Foord recently announced its expansion into the local market with its Global Equity Australian ...

Evolving nature of investment operations boosts salaries

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2022
A limited talent pool is creating supply challenges in the investment operations space and driving salary increases, according to Kaizen Recruitment. Updating on salary trends in investment operations, Kaizen Recruitment said the theme of increased ...

JBWere seals strategic alliance with Lombard Odier

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
JBWere and Lombard Odier have announced an official signing of a strategic alliance agreement. The agreement formalises JBWere's onshore access to Lombard Odier's global diversified and risk-based investment offerings for their high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth ...