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HarbourVest adds to local team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
... consultant relations for sourcing co-investment capital and originating and executing deals. Previously, Mancini ran hedge fund strategic services at Credit Suisse and unlisted assets at AMP Capital as head of investment specialists. His prior experience ...

Mason Stevens names head of asset allocation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2024
Mason Stevens has announced the appointment of Brad Creighton as head of asset allocation. Creighton brings with him 17 years of investment experience, having held senior roles in financial markets, most recently at AMP as co-portfolio manager of the ...

Former Frontier alts head joins Evergreen

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024
... Macquarie Group, and a multi-asset investment manager at SJS Family Office. Before that, Swaak ran QIC's qualitative hedge fund team. He began his career in The Netherlands with the Dutch Railway Pension Fund, ABN AMRO, and Aegon Asset Management. ...

JP Morgan subsidiaries fined $230m by regulator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
The fine relates to several failures by J.P. Morgan Securities and J.P. Morgan Investment Management, including recommending more expensive mutual funds when almost identical ETFs were available much cheaper. J.P. Morgan Securities (JPMS) and J.P. Morgan ...

Harvard endowment delivers 9.6% return, hits $53.2bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2024
... It also created room for the second major portfolio shift, an increase in private equities. Finally, the size of the hedge fund portfolio was increased to reduce equity exposure, therefore, limiting portfolio risk. Narvekar said a significant positive ...

Best and worst performing ETFs revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024
... by combining investor funds with borrowed capital. At the other end of the spectrum, Global X Ultra Short Nasdaq 100 Hedge Fund (SNAS) was the worst performer with a -40.5% return over 12 months. A $1000 investment one year ago would have resulted in ...

ETF winners and losers in September

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
... Betashares Crude Oil Index ETF - Currency Hedged (Synthetic), which dropped 6.1%, and the Betashares Australian Strong Bear Hedge Fund, which fell 5.8%. Meanwhile, the biggest inflows were seen in the Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares ETF, attracting ...

AustralianSuper expands US footprint, names executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024
... (formerly Julius Baer Investment Management), and before that worked in senior roles at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, hedge fund The Ericott Group, and State Street. They are joined by three new hires. Damien Mitchell and Andrew Osborne are both senior ...

Carnegie's MHC Digital, Circle target local stablecoin push

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
Venture capitalist Mark Carnegie's MHC Digital Group and fintech Circle have teamed up on a plan to ramp up USDC stablecoin distribution in Australia and Asia Pacific, exploring institutional use cases. USDC is a fully reserved stablecoin, with over ...

Mercer names investment solutions lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... Advice Association, an investment research firm in the robo-advice sector and chief operating officer of a boutique hedge fund established by the chair of AIMA Australia.