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Yarra Capital recruits senior VFMC manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
A Victorian Funds Management Corporation senior credit portfolio manager will join Yarra Capital Management's investment team. Taking on a role as senior investment manager in the fixed income team, credit specialist Phil Strano will join the firm in ...

Aussie investors push tobacco exclusions

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... or other metrics, it's a natural cleansing process. It's great ground-shaking turmoil but it's totally expected." He adds funds management is like many other industries - loaded with products and not always adding a lot of value. He said this is where ...

Former CFS executive joins Class board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... recently general manager, retirement at Colonial First State, Rubinsztein has also held senior leadership roles with BT Funds Management and Advance Funds Management, and is a former director of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia. Currently ...

Chief executive departs LGS

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... a permanent replacement is appointed. "We are continuing to grow and perform well and have just achieved $10 billion in funds under management," Peate said. "With a stable and experienced team of senior executives in place the fund will continue to focus ...

Mercer appoints acting CIO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... investment officer effective immediately. Predecessor Clarke was recently named chief investment officer at the Victorian Funds Management Corporation. In a statement to Financial Standard, Mercer said: "Clarke will remain in his current role at Mercer ...

Responsible investing demand unstoppable

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... $130 million in manufacturers of cluster munition and landmine holdings across its entire portfolio. More superannuation funds are requiring asset managers to actively integrate ESG criteria into investment frameworks and there are funds already running ...

VFMC appoints new CIO, COO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
Victorian Funds Management Corporation named its new chief investment officer, recruiting a global executive from Mercer. Current Mercer global chief investment officer (Mainstream Assets) and chief investment officer (Pacific) Russell Clarke will replace ...

BlackRock moves to machine stock picking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
... outcome-oriented, and country and sector specialty. The new structure includes both new products and converted existing funds with about $8 billion in assets. The move will see Blackrock "reorienting" certain investment teams, primarily in the US, in ...

Associations not sold on PC draft report

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
... Commission recommended a number of changes to the current default fund system and took aim at both industry and retail super funds, describing its own report as a "wake-up call" to the entire industry, which "has become complacent with a steady flow ...

Advisers urged to prepare clients for super shift

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
Superannuation funds are at risk of potentially losing significant value if trustees don't capture the tax implications or the appropriate structures correctly ahead of the pending 1 July changes, a business advisory expert warns. Fordham Group partner ...