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Super funds hungry for offshore assets: NAB

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... average hedge ratio applied to international equity exposure fell from 39% to 29%. Conversely, global property and fixed income strategies tend to be fully hedged. Funds that are not fully hedged are typically smaller in size and sit within the corporate ...

Boutique launches new fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... provide investors with a return of 4% per annum above the RBA official cash rate. The fund typically allocates to cash, fixed income-type securities, and trusts investing in direct property or mortgages and other managed funds of about 20 to 50 securities. ...

Perpetual in acquisition mode

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
... across about 20 strategies. These are managed by four investment teams across Australia equities, global equities, fixed income and credit, and multi-asset. Adams said the business is likely to look at firms investing in: global emerging markets, global ...

M&G sets up shop down under

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... Australia. His previous roles includes a vice presidency at AIG, and time at Macquarie Goodman Asia. Head of institutional fixed income William Nicoll said the appointments will enable M&G to deepen its relationships with Australian institutional investors ...

Perpetual profits dip, investments down 29%

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... their investments in-house and change their asset allocation mix. Its stable of equities, multi-asset and credit and fixed income funds managed a total of $27.1 billion at June end, which is $3.7 billion lower than last year. Only 10 of its 20 funds ...

Industry fund awards $150m mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... and opportunities," said Patrick. AIM's proprietary SPECTRUM Bond selection process was recently named the Best Fixed Income Firm Initiative for ESG Investment Process by the UK's Environmental Finance Sustainable Investment Awards. SPECTRUM ...

UniSuper scolds Aussie equity fundies

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... It is managing 65% of its investments in-house. Most core assets classes like global and Aussie equities, Aussie fixed income, Aussie property and cash are managed in-house. Pearce then said the in-housing of investments hasn't been a grand plan ...

Plato to raise $200 million

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... generating asset mix, saying it is becoming "increasingly difficult for retirees to live off the income from cash and fixed income" given current 1% RBA cash rates and 10-year Commonwealth Government Bonds trading at a yield below 1%. "Given the recent ...

BlackRock appoints Melbourne head

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
... after working at PIMCO as its head of UK business development for about 10 years. Prior to PIMCO, he worked in the fixed income derivatives groups for Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse in Hong Kong. He starts in the new role on 1 January 2020. "I am excited ...

Fidante loses $3.9bn of super fund assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... total FUM for the period dropped 1.2% to $58.9 billion. Challenger Investment Partners, which originates and manages fixed income and property assets for institutional investors and Challenger Life, saw FUM increase by 9.3% to $20.1 billion. Howes flagged ...