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Alternatives investors await more corrections: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
Hedge fund and venture capital investors are bracing for a tough 12 months ahead, anticipating asset valuations will continue a downward trend, new research finds. Many global institutional investors expressed concerns over asset valuations and subdued ...

Spirit Super appoints deputy chief investment officer

ELIZABETH FRY, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
... introducing a PhD, internship programme." Naylor is not the only senior departure from Frontier, with its head of alternatives and derivative solutions Scott Pappas also leaving. Pappas is returning to QIC as senior portfolio manager in the multi-assets ...

Active fund managers historically underperform: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2023
... believe that Magellan "can restore its competitive strengths to previous levels". "Combined with a proliferation of alternatives, Magellan has matured in the global investing space and in the Australian context," Morningstar said. Multi-boutique Pinnacle ...

NGS Super taps Robeco for major equities mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2023
... tobacco, controversial weapons, nuclear and fossil fuel exposures, said NGS Super head of equities, fixed income and alternatives Lucas Hartmann, also speaking to FS Sustainability. "This is where the tricky bit is - to minimise Scope 1 and 2 carbon ...

Challenger reports strong results

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023
... strategic partnerships with Apollo, and SimCorp. Challenger and Apollo have collaborated on bringing the Apollo Aligned Alternatives (AAA) fund to Australia. The two companies have also been working on a non-bank lending joint venture that will provide ...

Alternatives fund manager names sales lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
Boutique fund manager Jameson TTB appointed a distribution director to a newly created position in a bid to expand the recently rebranded firm. Matthew Afflitto joined Jameson TTB this month after working as an investment specialist and business development ...

Franklin Templeton welcomes head of product, strategy

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
... expanding our business through the addition of investment teams across an array of asset classes, in particular in the alternatives space. "We are working collaboratively with clients across market segments to build solutions to meet their objectives ...

Private equity still hot: State Street

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2023
... allocations to private markets or increase them over the next few years, which is encouraging, State Street head of alternatives Australia David Grose told Financial Standard. "In Australia, we've also seen an increased investment by superannuation ...

Family office invests $200m with Regal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2023
... Australian family offices, high net worth individuals and institutions as investors search for ways to diversify their alternatives exposure," Regal chief executive Brendan O'Connor said. "With a strong track record in pre-IPO and emerging companies ...

HMC Capital adds director, institutional capital

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2023
... joined HMC Capital as it continues to grow its institutional alternative funds management business. Before joining the alternatives investment firm, Hillyar worked in London in similar roles at Abrdn and most recently Federated Hermes. She was was previously ...