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Former financial adviser charged in alleged $160k super fraud case

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... Financial Advisers Register, Popal first provided financial advice in 2004 and was previously an authorised representative for Alpha Investment Management from April 2014 to March 2016. During this period, he was licensed to advise on SMSFs, though restricted ...

Magellan sees $1bn monthly outflows

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... $37.5 billion in March to $38.5 billion in April due to Magellan taking over as a responsible entity of the Vinva Global Alpha Extension Fund, which took effect on April 17. The Vinva Global Alpha Extension Fund is the fourth systematic equity fund offered ...

Pinnacle affiliate launches offshore version of smaller companies fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... firm, describing them as a "fruitful hunting ground to exploit." "... we believe we've proven skilled at extracting alpha from the large and inefficient universe of listed companies under US$10 billion while delivering strong absolute returns," he ...

Cbus plays it steady amid rocky start to the year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
... portfolio, and we think internal strategies, particularly in the core space, blend well with them, so long as they're delivering alpha," Gavin said. "I think we'll always have external managers in the portfolio. There's a variety of things across our ...

Anthony Doyle quits Schroders, rejoins Pinnacle

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... institutional, intermediary and direct client channels. Before landing at Schroders - where he oversaw the firm's global equity alpha strategy and global quantitative equity products - he spent nearly three years at Firetrail as its head of investment ...

Holding mega-cap stocks could be detrimental: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
The historically high levels of concentration in equity markets of recent years, powered by a handful of mega-caps, points to a likely resurgence of diversified strategies over the next decade, according to new research by Scientific Beta. Scientific ...

TWC Invest makes risk, technology hires

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... effort to blend "institutional pedigree, technological innovation and an evidence-based investment methodology" to deliver alpha in volatile markets. "This approach reinforces the firm's commitment to disciplined, risk-aware capital allocation. Likewise ...

Apex on local hiring spree

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
Apex Group is on track to achieve 20% annual organic sales growth over the next two years and plans to triple its headcount to 1000. After acquiring Iress' superannuation platform late last year, Apex's big opportunity is in member administration ...

GCQ enters ETF market, expands sales team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
Doug Tynan's GCQ Funds Management joins a growing number of active managers to enter the exchange-traded fund sector. The Sydney-based firm's flagship fund will trade on the ASX as an active ETF providing investors with access to GCQ's concentrated ...

RQI hires research duo

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... in Sydney, Tom Marty and Alex Kiechle-Cornish will report to Ron Guido, senior quantitative portfolio manager and head of alpha research. The duo is tasked with enhancing the research and insights that support RQI Investors' value and diversified ...
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