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Governance eclipses social and environmental concerns

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... almost totally eclipses environmental and social factors when it comes to stakeholder concern, a report by AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has shown. The report showed that stakeholders with voting rights are overwhelmingly concerned with governance ...

Tens of thousands flock to Omaha

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... longer at the helm. The business will split his job into three - chief executive officer, chairman and several investment managers. Buffett said his successor is likely to come from within so that the company can maintain its culture and key principles. ...

'Choice' dashboard, portfolio disclosure delayed to 2015

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... choice workplace super funds. Criticism of portfolio disclosure has meanwhile gathered pace as more global investment managers and administrators of alternative assets have expressed concerns it would lead to Australian super funds being locked out of ...

netwealth to launch managed account service by Q3

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... Michael Heine told Financial Standard that the group was already working on a variety of models from "well-known investment managers and dealer groups." Heine said that "technology has been the limiting factor until now, but we hope we can address these ...

Big obstacles for funds going it alone on PE

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... equity is more difficult now than it used to be. It is generally accepted that only the top quartile of PE investment managers can sustainably add value, but according to the McKinsey & Company report even this band of success may be narrowing. "Success ...

Portfolio disclosure's unintended consequences

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... eFront in South East Asia, a global portfolio management solutions software provider servicing alternative investment managers, said the problem is not that private equity managers don't want to disclose this information to their investors, it's that ...

Altair AM joins HUB24 platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... [separately managed account] SMA strategy given their broad dealer group coverage and support of boutique investment managers," Altair executive chairman Philip Parker said. "We have a long history in the managed account space and the HUB24 solution ...

Technology now about connectivity not just firepower

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... and can help fiduciaries like super fund trustees compile portfolio disclosure reports that span hundreds of investment managers working in multiple worldwide jurisdictions. With Australian investment managers increasingly working globally these capabilities ...

PE backed IPOs outperform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
Initial public offerings backed by private equity investment managers out-perform other IPOs by a factor of almost 50:1, according to research just released by the private equity and venture capital association AVCAL. The study which was prepared by ...

Mercer allocates $150M AXA IM global SmartBeta

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
Mercer's investment business in Australia has allocated $150 million to AXA Investment Managers' global investment grade SmartBeta credit strategy. The mandate complements other managers within Mercer's global credit portfolio and aims at achieving ...