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Intech taps ex-BT head of quant and two QIC staff

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
Intech Investments has announced three senior appointments, including former BTIM head of quant Simon Elimelakh as the new head of strategy. The new recruits are Simon Elimelakh as head of strategy, Matthew Tuxford as portfolio manager (Equities and ...

Grove and Counterpoint seal $11bn merger

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... Counterpoint have joined forces to create a new asset consulting firm with a combined $11 billion of assets under advice. Simon Ibbetson, formerly at S&P and now the managing director at Grove said that the merger makes a great deal of sense because ...

Northward wins Golden Calf

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... emerging fund manager. The firm was set up by former Insurance Australia Group (IAG) co-heads of equities, Darren Thompson and Simon Rutherfurd in November last year. The Northward Australian Equities process achieved top quartile investment performance ...

Schroders eyes credit markets

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... back 18 months, we didn't want anything to do with credit. The risk premium of high yielding credit was 2.5 per cent," said Simon Doyle, head of fixed income and multi-asset at Schroder Investment Management Australia. But the last three weeks in particular ...

GRI sets up Australian base

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... reporting economic, environmental and social performance across all businesses. Due to the current economic environment, Simon Longstaff, St James Ethics Centre, said the importance of trusted, responsible and sustainable business process has never been ...

S&P reinstates ratings for 18 funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
... is that these multi-manager, multi-strategy funds can continue to meet their objectives," said S&P Fund Services analyst Simon Scott. S&P's latest move followed a similar decision to release four funds from its 'On Hold' rating late last week. Despite ...

Four funds crossed off "On Hold" list

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... single-stock strategies and implement their positions through the futures and forwards markets," said S&P Fund Services analyst Simon Scott. "After consultation with these and a number of other participants, we are comfortable that the derivatives markets ...

More than 50 funds 'on hold' after shorting ban

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... ratings house's decision to put 57 funds on hold is "the best course of action" following the recent ban on short selling. Simon Scott, fund analyst at Standard & Poor's, said the ratings house was in the midst of a long/short review of funds when news ...

Mercer appoints consulting director

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
... specialist markets such as dynamic asset allocation, alternatives and sovereign wealth funds and responsible investment," said Simon Eagleton, head of Mercer investment consulting. "Nick will work closely with our Australian team...to ensure the knowledge ...

Super cushions local asset managers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... the US and European banks...Commonwealth Bank for example has ample capital and minimal exposure to suspect loans," said Simon Bonouvrie, portfolio manager at boutique firm Platypus Asset Management. "The growth of these wealth management arms are underpinned..or ...