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First State Super awards global microcaps mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... suite, manages global small and microcap strategies on behalf of institutional investors. Following this mandate, EAM's total funds under management now exceeds $2.6 billion. First State Super head of growth assets Rob Credaro said the mandate represented ...

Aurora finalises Hastings takeover bid

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
Aurora Funds Management finalised its takeover bid for all ordinary units in the Hastings High Yield (HHY) Fund. Acting as the responsible entity for both the Aurora Global Income Trust (AIB) and HHY, Aurora closed the takeover bid on October 13. The ...

Active the best way forward for super: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... director John Peterson issued a media note on Friday to say that Australian institutional investors, particularly super funds, have been the beneficiary of active investment managers historically delivering consistent performance. Peterson points to ...

Alternatives manager makes senior Australian hire

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... to build on the firm's success in Australia." KKR has been investing in Australia through its pan-regional private equity funds since 2006 and opened in Sydney in 2007. To date KKR has deployed more than $3 billion across its private equity, credit ...

Macquarie wins $50m small cap mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... and our high conviction investment approach," Hodgens said. The news follows another mandate story this week that saw BT Funds Management New Zealand award a $500 million mandate to a manager of global sovereign debt. Winning the mandate means Colchester ...

Platinum expands North American footprint

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... continuing to build the firm's offshore client strategy, and complements the recent launch of Platinum's Irish domiciled UCITS funds, which are growing steadily. "The huge shift taking place in terms of both economic and political influence plays strongly ...

VanEck hires for expansion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... solutions to our expanding list of clients," he said. In just four years VanEck Australia has accumulated $1.1 billion in funds under management across 14 ASX-listed equities and fixed income ETFs. "This is in addition to the institutional investments ...

UBS wins pensions mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... combined assets of 11 of the United Kingdom's schemes - consolidated its passive equity mandates, appointing UBS to manage the funds. The 10-year agreement comes with the possibility of a five-year extension and is expected to commence as of March 2018 ...

Markets prompt adviser asset allocation review: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... solutions managing director, Siva Sivakumaran, said a sizeable number of advisers thinking about shifting to more conservative funds could potentially be a blunt approach. Thirty-nine per cent of advisers are considering conservative options; 28% said ...

UniSuper builds equities team

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... capitalise on this, having led the profit-for-member sector in developing its in-house capabilities. More than 60% of UniSuper's funds are managed by internal teams. It recently internalised the investment strategy of its Global Environmental Opportunities ...