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CalPERS scrutinises CIO personal investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
The California Public Employees' Retirement System wants to impose tighter rules that will scrutinise and ultimately dispose the investments chief's personal holdings should conflicts of interest arise. The board of CalPERS is set to introduce ...

Managed funds recover FUM losses

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
Wholesale and retail managed funds have recovered almost half of the pandemic-induced losses incurred during the March quarter, new research from Plan For Life shows. Both wholesale and retail managed funds ended the 2019/20 financial year down 4.6% ...

Chief economist update: China's post-pandemic economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
"I guess it also rings a bell for some countries, which are still struggling to fight COVID-19, that without strict measures, the virus won't be fended off. We fought hard, this is our payback." Zhang Yong, a small taxi company owner in Wuhan, is ...

VFMC director nabs global role

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
The CFA Institute has appointed a chair and vice chair to its board of governors, the latter being an industry veteran with more than 30 years' experience across funds management and superannuation. Maria Wilton will now serve as the global association's ...

Realindex appoints former BlackRock executive

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
First Sentier Investors' systematic equities manager Realindex Investment has appointed a former BlackRock executive to the newly created role of senior quantitative portfolio manager. Joanna Nash has 13 years' experience in quantitative investment ...

HESTA adds to leadership team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
HESTA has announced the appointment of a head of portfolio management as it continues to build out its new-look investment team. Alan Sheen has been named as head of portfolio management, the newest addition to the new-look senior investment leadership ...

Capital Group hires from BlackRock

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
The $2.6 trillion global manager has hired from BlackRock to fill a newly-created role whose remit includes the Australian market. London-based Alexandra Haggard will be Capital Group's head of product and investment services for in Europe and Asia ...

BlackRock wins $7.1bn mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
BlackRock has secured a $7.1 billion (£4bn) mandate from a UK pension scheme. The investment manager will provide asset allocation and manager-selection decisions across all asset classes for the Civil Aviation Authority Pension Scheme (CAAPS), a defined ...

OpenInvest names chair

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
Melbourne-based fintech OpenInvest has appointed a veteran board member and former NAB executive as chair. Spiro Pappas has over 30 years' experience in financial services and is currently chair of Splitit, Atlas Iron Limited and Cognian Technologies ...

Australian Unity profits plummet

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
Australian Unity has seen its profits plummet more than 70% compared to the previous financial year, with the group noting the impacts of COVID-19 saw it miss out on about $26 million in profit. Australian Unity reported a profit after income tax of ...