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YBR's cash fund receives new ratings

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... of that rating are only available to Mercer's clients. Yellow Brick Road chief executive Matt Lawler said: "The new Australia Ratings and Mercer ratings add to Atchison's 'Highly Recommended' investment-grade assessment of the Smarter Money Active Cash ...

PIMCO names new head of Australia

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
PIMCO has named former Macquarie division director Adrian Stewart as its new Australian country head. Based in Sydney, he starts in the role on August 11. He will be responsible for leading PIMCO's business in Australia, including serving the firm's ...

Challenger adds Australian equity boutique

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
Challenger has added a new Australian equity boutique under its Fidante Partners umbrella. Founded in June, AretA(C) Investment Partners is an active, quality focused investor, specialising in Australian equities. The group was founded last month by ...

Pohl launches mandate hunt as non-compete clause expires

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
The expiry of a two-year non-compete clause with Hyperion Asset Management has cleared the way for Manny Pohl's new business to target institutional investors again. The former Hyperion managing director has wasted no time in telling institutional prospects ...

State Street appoints new Australian exec

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
State Street has appointed Chris Taylor as its new head of global services and global markets for Australia. Taylor will replace Ian Martin, who is taking up a position in Hong Kong as head of State Street Global Markets and State Street Global Exchange ...

Channel Capital acquires QIC small cap business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
QIC's Australian small cap investment team will shortly join Brisbane-based global investment business Channel Capital. QIC agreed to divest its smaller companies capability after determining it a non-core business. Channel Capital was spun out fund ...

T. Rowe Price hires former AllianceBernstein trader

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
T. Rowe Price has appointed Richard Nelson as its new Australian-based buy side equities trader. Nelson will oversee trading in Australian and New Zealand listed securities, working closely with head of Australian equities Randal Jenneke. Nelson was ...

Advisers to review privacy compliance

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
Advisers have until March 12, 2014, to ensure their privacy compliance measures meet new privacy principles. The new Australian Privacy Principles require personal information to be handled in an open and transparent way, which means that financial ...

Bennelong Long Short Equity Management launches new fund

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
Bennelong Long Short Equity Management (BLSEM) has launched a new Australian equities strategy, the Bennelong Alpha 200 Fund (the Fund). The Fund is a long/short market neutral strategy with the objective of generating consistent returns regardless ...

Former Goldman Sachs exec to head REST in-house equities team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
Former Goldman Sachs head of equity strategy Chris Pidcock will head up REST Industry Super's new in-house Australian equities investment team, REST chief executive Damian Hill has said. Pidcock, who left Goldman Sachs in 2012 after 23 years, will head ...