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Super funds cautioned on climate risk

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... communicate this to their investment managers. Mercer has identified 'climate sensitive assets' as largely lying in the alternatives space with infrastructure, property, private equity, agriculture, timberland and themed strategies the most likely places ...

Alternatives beyond reach for in-house

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... more staff than they think to internally manage alternative investments with any success. "One of the issues with alternatives is that the burden of due diligence is very high. At my last job we had 33 people continually doing due-diligence on those ...

CYRE Trilogy, APFG still fighting

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... that we have a much better deal," said Bacon. "Investors need to be aware of what offers are on the table, and what alternatives are available." Bacon was involved in a similar disagreement in 2010 as head of Balmain Trilogy, which refused to hand over ...

AIMA helping super funds plan HF moves

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... funds looking to move out of Australian equities or fixed interest, Ivey said. The local funds most interested in alternatives tend to be larger ones with their own internal investment teams, Ivey said, with the Future Fund clearly leading the way in ...

Corporate bonds stagnant in Australia

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
Corporate bonds are popular now among Australian investors but Swiss-based independent active alternatives investment manager GAM said they still need to be aware of the sector's risks. Corporate and securitised bonds comprise $55bn or 10% of the Barclays ...

Treasury Group makes more Asian moves

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... The initial acquisition price for the 20% stake was around $224,000. "We have been interested in diversifying into alternatives and have been actively searching for opportunities. We are very pleased about partnering with a quality business that offers ...

Aust funds trail world in alternatives

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... fifteen years ago," said Martin Goss, senior investment consultant for Towers Watson in Australia. Australia's low alternatives is, however, compensated for by a much higher weighting to equities, a sector that is currently underperforming and dragging ...

SMSFs need better access to alternatives: BlueSky

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... Alternative Investments said that while many advisers have until now not had access to the better investment options in the alternatives asset class, it is inevitable retail access will increase. "Fund managers have traditionally focused on the big end ...

BlackRock to buy private equity business

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... completed by the end of Q3, according to a statement issued by BlackRock on Tuesday. BlackRock last year expanded its alternatives division, which includes hedge funds, real estate funds and private equity, with the Swiss Re addition contributing to ...

Mercer acquires Sovereign

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... Investments is building out its private markets business with the acquisition of Sovereign Investments Research and their alternatives research team including founder Ray King. King, together with investment consultants Sarah Azzi and Scott McNally ...