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Financial Standard launches the Investment Leadership Awards

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
... goals. "Investment management is going through a period of rapid innovation. The rise of indexed strategies, new alternatives to unit trust and AI-led stockpicking threaten to challenge age-old industry wisdom and convention," Rainmaker Information head ...

Deutsche Asset Management rebrands

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
... Deutsche Asset Management's business lines - institutional and retail segments and across its active, passive and alternatives range - will unite under one umbrella and operate autonomously under a new legal structure coming into effect in the first ...

Investment bonds see seismic shift: Zenith

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
... towards more dynamic asset allocation that's flexible, with an increased range of non-correlated asset classes such as alternatives," Higgins said. While allocations to these strategies are clearly on the rise, Zenith also argued the single-sector approach ...

ETF fees to plunge: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
... investors - product development will involve launching new thematic ETFs, greater access to debt and investing in alternatives. ETFs will help new entrants defend against declining mutual fund inflows and will form as part of a product range that include ...

Leading asset consultant makes specialist hire from NAB

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
... banking with HSBC Global Banking and Markets in Vietnam. Commenting on Tran's appointment, Frontier head of debt, alternatives and innovation Justine O'Connell said: "In the current low yield investment environment our clients have implemented a range ...

CommInsure awards $300m risk premia mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... GAM employs over 900 people worldwide and manages about $193 billion in client assets. It offers absolute return, alternatives, equities, fixed income, multi-asset and systematic strategies along with a private labelling service.

Rising alternatives manager appoints new MD

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
An alternatives investment manager targeting retail investors, launched by the former head of K2 Advisors, has appointed a managing director. Sam Edwards joins Longreach Alternatives from Broadline Capital in Hong Kong, where he was a private equity ...

Grant Samuel adds retail distribution role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
... management market, in-depth knowledge of portfolio construction and experience distributing fixed income, equities, alternatives and multi asset funds, all of which make him a good match for the GSFM product line-up," McIntyre said. "With a proven ability ...

Alternatives manager makes senior Australian hire

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
A global alternatives investment manager is welcoming a senior appointment to its Sydney office, bringing an industry expert back to his home market. Joining as a member at KKR from early 2018 will be David Lang. He joins from Pamplona Capital Management ...

ANZ splits OnePath businesses, revamps life insurance team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... business, George said: "ANZ is still committed to the strategy of not manufacturing insurance. So we need to look for alternatives for insurance. It may take some time." "Given that we are going to separate superannuation and insurance though, it makes ...