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AB appoints regional manager

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... Financial Standard, AB's Global Equities and Managed Volatility Equities funds were recently added to the Alpha Fund Managers portfolio and Macquarie Wrap respectively.

Aberdeen beefs up local distribution team

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... new role Hall will work closely with Aberdeen's multi asset team and with global, Asian and emerging market equity fund managers to promote these capabilities to Australian investors. Aberdeen head of distribution Stuart James said, "A key focus for ...

Ellerston named hedge fund of the year

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... capital preservation are in demand by investors of all types. "Good risk managers, particularly smaller, nimble hedge fund managers have the capability to implement their investment decisions very efficiently. They are being picked for their skills by ...

Mortgage Choice pulls comparator platform

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... recording a less than impressive financial result," he said. Mortgage Choice's experience serves as a reminder to fund managers and product providers of the perils of investing in technology to grow their notoriously tough direct-to-consumer businesses. ...

Star global equity manager to launch in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... macroeconomic analysis and theme development with bottom-up stock selection. This truly sets us apart from other fund managers, and it's an approach that's been tested in a variety of market conditions. We believe the depth of our internal research is ...

ANZ senior manager leaves to set up consultancy

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... Financial Standard that he has set up Douglas Funds Consulting, a firm that will provide consultancy services to fund managers and investment committees within dealer groups. "ANZ recently streamlined their operations in the Office of the CIO and gave ...

Future Generation IPO raises $300m

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... public offering (IPO). The listed investment company (LIC) is a fund of funds that gives investors access to global fund managers who manage the capital pro-bono so 1% of the fund's net assets can be donated each year to Australian non-profits committed ...

PROFILE: Magellan chief investment officer Hamish Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... funds are foreign concept to most people so we came up with the listed managed fund structure," Douglass explains. Fund managers in Europe and the US have been lobbying regulators to try and build similar structures in their markets to out-manoeuvrer ...

Women fail to break into the industry's last boys club

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
The Australian funds management industry is failing to attract female fund managers, even if research proves that gender diverse investment teams outperform those who are male-only. At a time when the financial services sector is pushing to increase ...

Perpetual wins RE mandate with seven funds

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... risk, compliance and governance issues with these funds. "Our role as independent responsible entity is to assist fund managers structure their products for Australian institutional and retail investors to ensure their funds are operated in a manner ...