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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

With its offshore footprint and extensive research capabilities, Mercer Super has a lot of advantages that small funds don’t.

Politics, well-meaning but over-zealous regulation and the bureaucratic nature of superannuation governance means the system ...

New Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services Daniel Mulino has a daunting task ahead of him, taking over from ...