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Henderson announces record profits

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... currently low yielding, index managed government and corporate bond funds to more diversified, higher return seeking alternatives. "We have seen this with improved flows into our Total Return Bond and Multi-Asset Credit funds." According to figures quoted ...

Partnership gives local access to global hedge fund giant

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
... rebranded 'Jubilee Advisers', in March of this year. Permal, which is owned by Legg Mason, is one of the largest alternatives asset managers in the world with more than $23 billion in assets under management. "With scale becoming an increasingly important ...

Bank levy upsets senior lobby

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
... government's plan to put a 0.05% levy on bank deposits in 2016, saying it will force pensioners into riskier investment alternatives. National Seniors Australia chief executive Michael O'Neill said the policy made "a mockery" of the government's promise ...

Balanced funds ill-suited for fixed income blow-up

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
... explained. Russell also advocates the use of real assets such as infrastructure and commercial property, as well as alternatives such as absolute return and hedge fund strategies to mitigate the effect of volatility further. "The changing environment ...

Hedge funds can reduce risk, despite reputation

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... Landman, these myths are leading investors to overlook the benefits of holding these investments in portfolios. "Alternatives may be less well understood than traditional asset classes, but the fact is that they can offer great diversification benefits ...

Giant firms hold sway in infrastructure investment industry

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... years accounted for 45% of the total raised by closed-ended infrastructure funds in the last decade, according to alternatives researcher Preqin. In its July edition of Infrastructure Spotlight, a regular report on trends in the global infrastructure ...

SMSFs urged to consider transparent alternatives to managed funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
Self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investors wanting to delegate management, but also wanting to keep tabs on their investments, are being urged to consider separately managed accounts (SMAs) and managed discretionary accounts (MDAs). SMSF solution ...

Macquarie Group tops global alternative investment table

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... (189), RARE Infrastructure (241), GPT Group (245) and Colonial First State Global Asset Management (261). The Global Alternatives Survey covers seven asset classes including real estate, direct private equity, private equity funds, direct hedge funds ...

Macquarie leads global infra cap raising

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... 2013 are far ahead of the same period in 2012, and Australia's Macquarie group is leading the charge. Research by alternatives sector consulting group Preqin reveals that in the first six months of this year US$14.5 billion was raised by 18 unlisted ...

State Street appoints head of active investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... traditional assets. This shift is reflected by figures at the end of 2012, when assets under management for global alternatives reached a record $6.6 trillion. Commenting on Gekas's new role, Lacaille said: "We believe that active quantitative and enhanced ...