Perpetual’s two year project to overhaul its unit registry system has been successful enough that it is now fielding requests from would-be white labellers. (more…) The rise of hedge fund betas will ...

Asset consultants spent yesterday digesting ASIC’s 30-day short-selling ban, but hedge fund managers and vendors of equitised long/short strategies were resigning themselves to lean times for at least ...

Intech Investments has hired BT Investment Management’s former head of quant analysis to run a new dynamic asset allocation capability, while a husband-and-wife team of senior QIC investment ...

Group insurer, MetLife, has appointed a new head of institutional business to allow Michael Burke to take on a new role at the firm. (more…) Pioneer US hedge fund-of-funds manager Dick Elden and US ...

We have heard it before, but this time it’s serious: the reward for risk will probably be lower going forward and super funds should be satisfied with a real return of about 5 per cent a year, the ...

The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has launched an annual ‘Awards for Excellence’ program to recognise the contribution made by fund staff to the super industry. The head of ...

London hedge fund The Cambridge Strategy has appointed a senior portfolio manager from an Australian alternatives fund to open its Asian desk. The $3.5 billion Catholic Super & Retirement Fund (CSRF) ...

The $320 billion Australian Retirement Trust (ART) plans to double the size of its team in London by the end of the year.

Long-term investors like pension funds and sovereign wealth funds feel that they are becoming more vulnerable to risks like ...

There’s never been a more important time to look after our mental health, which is why AIA Australia are proud to be working with former All Black and mental health advocate Sir John Kirwan, to ...

In episode 59, Alex Proimos speaks with Nick Langley, managing director, co-founder and senior portfolio manager of Rare Infrastructure. This episode discusses the evolution and breadth of the global ...

It’s been just over a month since Graeme Miller joined Mercer Super as its new CIO after nearly nine years in the top investment role at TelstraSuper. For Miller, it’s technically a homecoming. He ...