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World on the brink: Frontier Advisors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
The global economy stares down "unprecedented challenges" in 2025, according to Frontier Advisors' annual secular outlook, which forecasts rising risks from unsustainable debt, geopolitical rifts, and climate inaction. The report said after spiking ...

New investment fund to drive gender equality

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
... destiny, we all rise together." Future Generation chief executive Caroline Gurney said the initiative represents "the next frontier in investing for impact." "By investing in fund managers, companies and non-profits that are striving for gender equity ...

Former Frontier alts head joins Evergreen

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024
A former Frontier Advisors executive has landed at a rival asset consultant following a career break. After departing Frontier as head of alternatives, Michiel Swaak has joined Evergreen Consultants as a principal consultant. In the new role, he is ...

VFMC investment team takes shape

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2024
... version of that is to adopt this delegation structure, which we think will work better for us," he explained. Former Frontier executive Karla Harman has been appointed executive manager of investments and will look after the non-investment decision-making ...

Nikko Asset Management to become Amova

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
The $359 billion fund manager is changing its name to Amova Asset Management from next September. Nikko Asset Management said the name change reflects the progress the firm has made since its launch in Tokyo in 1959, describing itself as "a global citizen ...

NGS Super names new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2024
... director, effective September 1. In his executive career, Lazarides was most recently head of investment governance at Frontier for more than two years. He's also a former head of infrastructure and private equity at UniSuper, and head of infrastructure ...

QIC backs new venture capital initiative

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024
... "We are already support emerging founders through the 77 Venture Challenge in which we are partnering with a further 40 frontier tech ventures over 2024 and 2025 to grow and diversify investment deal flow in Queensland," Watts said. "However, as a VC ...

Funds SA names interim investment chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
... management. He also oversaw about $40 billion in defined benefit assets for the State of Victoria. He has previously worked at Frontier Advisors, ISPT and CBRE. Back in 2010, Kempton was appointed Frontier Investment Consulting's associate consultant. ...

Billionaire quant investing legend Jim Simons dies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
Jim Simons, the founder of Renaissance Technologies, a hedge fund that became one of the most profitable firms in history, has died at the age of 86. Simons began his career as a mathematician, earning a mathematics degree from MIT in 1958 and a PhD ...

Frontier grows consulting, governance teams

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
Frontier Advisors has announced four new appointments, hiring from Aviva, Zenith, Cooper Investments and Motley Fool. Firstly, Daniel Manser will join Frontier's client consulting team, working with investors across all client segments. Manser joins ...
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