July 27, 2014

James Burkitt

Attractions of the growing family office sector

(Pictured: James Burkitt) Family offices are becoming increasingly attractive places to work for investment professionals due to greater flexibility, less bureaucracy and regulation and, often, better remuneration. According to the latest research from James Burkitt, there are now at least 250

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Raewyn Williams

What managers should manage with after-tax awareness

(Pictured: Raewyn Williams) Parametric, the after-tax and implementation manager, has put some form and context around the regulatory push and increased general awareness of the importance of managing money on an after-tax basis. A new paper sets out what managers should

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Ravi Nevile

Nevile to leave Mercer Sentinel for Middle Eastern SWF

(Pictured: Ravi Nevile) Mercer Sentinel, the custody consulting, implementation and transitions arm of Mercer, is looking for a new head of its Asia Pacific business following the resignation of Ravi Nevile, who leaves the firm at the end of this week.

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Denis Carroll

Risk control as a return generator

(Pictured: Denis Carroll) Investing for risk can add real value to portfolios over time, with a recent paper based on a time series of live decisions for a UK-based fiduciary investor, showing significant outperformance by adopting a risk-control target rather than

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Denis Carroll

Risk control as a return generator

(Pictured: Denis Carroll) Investing for risk can add real value to portfolios over time, with a recent paper based on a time series of live decisions for a UK-based fiduciary investor, showing significant outperformance by adopting a risk-control target rather than

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Pam McAlister

Funds not ready for more independent trustees – Mercer

(Pictured: Pam McAlister) Since Arthur Sinodinos stood down as assistant treasurer early this year, speculation around compulsory structural changes to super fund boards, which he had proposed, has also died down. But most people in the industry believe the trend for

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Keith Heydon

AIMA announces conference keynotes

(Pictured: Keith Heydon) AIMA Australia has announced the keynote speakers for its annual conference on September 16 at the Sydney Sofitel Wentworth Hotel. They include Keith Haydon, the CIO of Man Group affiliate FRM. Haydon runs US$11 billion of FRM money

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