April 13, 2014

John Donovan

Bringing Indonesian pensions to Australia

(Pictured: John Donovan) After the first-ever delegation to Australia by the Indonesian Pension Fund Association, the organizer of the trip, John Donovan, said he hoped some of the big Indonesian funds would become co-investors in the region alongside Australian funds. Donovan,

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Damien Frawley

QIC small-cap deal as spin-offs abound in Queensland

(Pictured: Damien Frawley) In an intriguing deal, QIC has spun off its small-cap Australian equities team into the boutique incubator Channel Capital, which was itself spun-off by Solaris Investment Management, which is itself incubated by Pinnacle Investment Management. Confused? QIC, the

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Damien Frawley

QIC small-cap deal as spin-offs abound in Queensland

(Pictured: Damien Frawley) In an intriguing deal, QIC has spun off its small-cap Australian equities team into the boutique incubator Channel Capital, which was itself spun-off by Solaris Investment Management, which is itself incubated by Pinnacle Investment Management. Confused? QIC, the

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Bo Knudsen

How the Danes and Swedes control risk

(Pictured: Bo Knudsen) As one of the world’s first global managers to offer a concentrated portfolio as its core flagship product, Carnegie Asset Management thinks a lot about portfolio construction. It has had to. The 24-year-old fund, which makes up 75

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Rob da Silva

Mood dampened for advisors due to global risks

(Pictured: Rob da Silva) The tone was a little downbeat at the annual van Eyk Research conference in Sydney last week, with key speakers focusing on the various risks facing the financial world. The conference is historically one of the major

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Property remains after Investec deal with BoQ

Investec Bank said Friday that property funds management would remain a core business unit for the group in Australia following the sale of its “professional finance” business to the Bank of Queensland. The professional finance business includes deposits asset finance

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Martin Harris

An original Wild Colonial Boy joins Jupiter

(Pictured: Martin Harris) Martin Harris, a former senior funds management marketer in Australia, including at Colonial First State and what is now UBS Asset Management, has become global head of institutional business at Jupiter Investment Management in London. The position is

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