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Man Group appoints EM debt head

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
Man Group's discretionary investment management subsidiary Man GLG has appointed a head of emerging market debt strategies. Based in New York, Guillermo OssA(C)s joins Man GLG from HSBC Asset Management, where he was working from 2011 overseeing the ...

Barclays to axe jobs worldwide, exit Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
Barclays is reported to be cutting more than 1000 jobs worldwide ahead of closing Australian offices. In an internal staff memo, Barclays Investment Bank chief executive Thomas King said that while "Asia Pacific is an important part of our global network... ...

Industry fund backs US toll road

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... that increase in line with inflation," the Cbus statement said. Motoring and transport infrastructure has been an area of focus this week with reports that MTAA Super's 2015 return of 9.5% for its MyAuto Super fund was largely put down to a sale of Moto ...

Report highlights sea-change in asset owner operations

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... particularly important. The Fund's board meets at least 10 times per year to test its investment team's ideas rather than focus purely on performance data. "Sure, there is subjectivity, but it's based on having highly skilled and experienced people on ...

Canadian pension funds keeping eyes on Aussie infra

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... 30 global real estate investors. "While each fund's strategy is designed to meet its unique mandate, the Top 10 similarly focus on creating well-diversified portfolios that align with the funds' relatively long-term payout profiles," a BCG statement ...

Tribeca creates new investment role

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
... report to portfolio manager Chris Daily and play a key role in investments across all of Tribeca's funds with a particular focus on further developing its international equities capabilities. The role was created as a result of strong business growth ...

Future Fund awarded sovereign investor of 2015

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
Australia's $118 billion sovereign wealth fund has been recognised for its restrained decision not to increase risk to chase returns in 2015, collecting sovereign investor of the year at the 2016 Central Banking Awards. Managing director of the Future ...

JBWere announces UBS deal

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
JBWere has announced a strategic alliance with UBS focusing on improving its private wealth strategy services. This alliance (which is non-exclusive) will give Australian JBWere clients access to UBS research, equity deals and IPOs. "The alliance with ...

AMP to announce SMSF board

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
AMP SMSF will announce a new board for its self-managed superannuation fund administration business in the first quarter of 2016. The new board follows AMP's acquisitions of SMSF administrators SuperIQ and SuperCorp in November and progresses the financial ...

Minimum withdrawal rates act as default: CSIRO

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
Research from CSIRO says minimum account-based pension withdrawal rates are acting as a conservative default that sees retirees exceeding needs to self-insure their financial longevity. CSIRO behavioural economics and superannuation decision-making ...