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Macquarie and CBA in global top 100

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
Macquarie and Commonwealth Bank are the only Australian companies to have made it into the top 100 largest fund managers globally, according to a survey by Pensions & Investments and Towers Watson. Of the top 50 managers in the annual Pensions & Investments/Towers ...

Towers Watson boosts hedge fund research team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... short equity, macro and systematic strategies. She was previously a consulting strategy specialist evaluating hedge fund managers at PivotalPath. Abbas Alighanbari joined in London and will be involved in a range of hedge fund strategies, initially focusing ...

Lonsec Research appoints new CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... his deep understanding of investment markets, hands on experience analysing both listed securities and critiquing fund managers and critically, working with clients to support implementation of research insights," Gillespie said. "His established network ...

Lonsec rates several funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... house Lonsec has released several fund ratings during the week and results have been welcomed by the respective fund managers. Yesterday Martin Currie announced it had received a "highly recommended" rating from Lonsec for the Legg Mason Martin Currie ...

J.P. Morgan wins two custody mandates

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... consistent and unified operating model that can partner at a local level to meet their rapidly evolving needs." The fund managers said J.P. Morgan's demonstrated understanding of each institution's strategic agenda, coupled with the firm's international ...

UBS releases mFund basket

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... advisers. mFund is an ASX service that allows clients to buy and sell units in unlisted managed funds directly with fund managers, and broadens the suite of investment products already available through the ASX which includes equities, LICs and ETFs," ...

AB fund receives Lonsec rating

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... competitive investment returns," said AB Australia chief executive Jen Driscoll. In August, Infocus-owned Alpha Fund Managers became the initial investor in the AB fund, adding it to its multi-manager portfolio. At the time, Infocus managing director ...

Myonlineadvisers teams up with US robo firm

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... leverage the growing client appetite for efficient online support to their firm's advantage also." Long used by fund managers, pension plans and funds of funds, RiXtrema has introduced its risk management tools to the wealth management community in the ...

FEATURE: Inflation plus investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... up with the right asset allocation. Beating the benchmark was back then, and still today, a measure often used by fund managers and superannuation funds to prove they had done a good job. But a renewed focus on the needs of the end investor -the client ...

Victoria firm appoints senior investment adviser

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... institutional sales. He was responsible for the delivery of research and investment ideas to Melbourne based equities fund managers. Prior to that role, Smith was the director of Melbourne sales for RBS and ABN AMRO, and an associate director at Deutsche ...