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Australian alternatives assets top $250 billion

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
Assets managed by the top 25 alternative investment managers in Australia has grown to more than US$250 billion ($338 billion), according to the latest survey by Towers Watson and the Financial Times. Macquarie in particular has benefitted from a shift ...

Northern Trust wins NZ Super mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
Northern Trust's international asset management arm has been appointed to run a Barclays Global Aggregate fixed income mandate for the $26 billion New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super). The new mandate, which incorporates the super funds' environmental ...

Redpoint awarded MLC equities mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... portfolio manager, Myooran Mahalingam, said given the quality and experience of Redpoint chief investment officer, Eric Smith, MLC was "pleased to have appointed Redpoint to manage the global shares strategy in MLC Index Plus." "Their mandate will give ...

Australia's largest unrated bond issue closes at $85m

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... full suite of vertically integrated and national logistics services. It was founded in 1974 as a rail line-haul by Peter Smith and the ownership of the business has remained with the Smith family. Since March 2015, FIIG has also arranged the bond issues ...

Rubik appoints general manager from IOOF

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
Financial services software company Rubik has appointed a general manager - sales and relationship from IOOF. Marc Hraiki will be responsible for directing the sales team, driving new business relationships with institutional and dealer group clients ...

Tassie RBF awards GAM $100m mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
The Tasmanian public sector superannuation fund, the Retirement Benefits Fund (RBF), has invested $100 million in the GAM Absolute Return Bond Defensive Fund. GAM's unconstrained bond strategy is a "go-anywhere" bond fund which, via the use of derivatives ...

AvSuper adds new investment option

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
AvSuper, the retirement fund for the aviation and aviation safety industries, is adding a new investment option to its menu from 1 July. Called Balanced Growth, the option will comprise exposure to 65% growth assets and 35% defensive assets. It is designed ...

Medcraft sticks up for asset managers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
Imposing new banking regulations on asset managers would be like "creating a square peg for a round hole," according to ASIC and International Oraganization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) chair Greg Medcraft. Speaking in his capacity as the head ...

ISA appoints retirement policy adviser

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
Industry Super Australia has appointed a specialist retirement policy adviser. Phil Gallagher is a statistician and policy modeller specialising in retirement incomes and population ageing. He has overseen quantitative analysis of Commonwealth social ...

New video series demystifies hedge funds

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
London-based alternatives investment specialist Man Group has released a series of seven educational videos aimed at demystifying some of strategies and key concepts from the world of hedge funds. The short videos have been made for Man subsidiary AHL ...