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Mercer appoints CIO in UK

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
Mercer has appointed investment veteran Bill Muysken to the new role of chief investment officer for alternative alpha strategies, based in the UK. Muysken rejoins Mercer after spending the last three years in the hedge fund industry. He spent the early ...

Alpha Fund Managers signs Amundi

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
Alpha Fund Managers has added Amundi VaR8 Absolute Return Strategy to its multi-manager lineup. Richard Borysiewicz, chief executive at Amundi Asset Management Australia, said the VaR8 strategy was launched in 2007 and has more than $60 million in funds ...

Aurora wins $190m Optimix mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
Aurora Funds Management has secured a $190 million mandate from ING Australia, thanks to the fund's investment strategy that enables investors to make money around earnings results announcements. The funds will be invested in a separately managed account ...

INGIM builds distribution from ground up

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
ING Investment Management (INGIM) is in the market for more staff, including BDMs, as it rolls out an ambitious wholesale distribution strategy to be led by former Genesys deputy head Jim McKay. McKay's appointment was announced today, less than a week ...

CFS GAM hires AMP Capital ESG researcher

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
Colonial First State Global Asset Management has appointed former AMP Capital Investors researcher, Nick Edgerton, to the newly created role of manager of ESG Research and Engagement. Edgerton worked at AMP Capital Investors as an environmental, social ...

AMP Cap add resources as fund placed 'on hold'

PRESS RELEASES  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
AMP Capital Investors has appointed a portfolio manager and portfolio analyst within the Sustainable Alpha Australian Equities team as a ratings firm placed one of its fund's 'on hold' following the departure of a key researcher. The firm hired Carlos ...

Fairview joins Alpha managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
Boutique firm Alpha Fund Managers has added the Fairview Equity Partners Emerging Companies strategy to its Alpha series multi-manager line-up. "The Fairview Equity Partners Emerging Companies strategy provides investors with an actively managed and ...

Aus equities FMs target solid result stocks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
Australian equity fund managers are still finding well-valued stocks despite the local market moving sideways in the past six months. The S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index returned more than 35 per cent in the year to January. But the same index traded ...

Perpetual tops S&P review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
Perpetual has become the only manager to receive a five-star rating in S&P Fund Services' latest review of the Australian Equities - Large Cap sector-specific peer group. The peer group includes four investment strategies offered by four managers. S&P ...

Solaris adds to team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
Solaris Investment Management adds another member to its dealing team after promoting two senior executives. Michael Bell, currently the fund's head of dealing and High Alpha Product Specialist, will take on an analyst/portfolio manager role starting ...