An $11 billion Australian funds manager is seeking expressions of interest from would-be suppliers of custody and investment administration services. (more…) The long-time general manager of ...

The Chinese like their records, and heaven knows they are good at counting. With a population of 1.3 billion, they can usually expect quite a few world records in various endeavours. In economic terms ...

The outlook for hedge fund-of-funds in Australia has brightened a little, with an industry fund that redeemed all of its investments in 2008 continuing to rebuild its exposure, with Aurum Funds ...

The master custody contract for the giant ARIA public sector scheme has gone out to tender, at a time when BNP Paribas Securities Services has won a new funds manager client and perhaps two fiduciary ...

The Kinghorn family-controlled Sigma Alpha International has split up responsibility for research and advisory in the asset consultancy it purchased, CPG, with Brett Westbrook taking on a new role as ...

Rowe Price, said one of the major challenges facing the active equities manager was the need to prove its ability to consistently outperform as institutional investors plough more capital into passive ...

The success of the core–satellite approach in multimanager investing has been debunked by new research from domestic boutique Ankura Capital. (more…) For the first time in five years, a WA ...

As institutional investors consider a revival of hedge fund allocations, some of the biggest names in the alternative asset class – including Cliff Asness and Daniel Och – will hit Melbourne next week ...

Already we have seen some retail funds respond to the Review’s preliminary findings by launching new products that replicate the key features of not-forprofit funds. (more…) The top 250 Family Offices ...

With the upcoming federal election, profit-to-member funds have found themselves under much scrutiny, despite their assets ...

Challenger is on a mission to help more Australians attain the sense of security and confidence that Defined Benefit members ...

Martin Currie Investment Management is about to open an office in Hong Kong or Singapore, which will report into the Melbourne office which was set up last year. (more…) The $5.7 billion Local ...