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Russell in hiring spree, Elkins departs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... Russell is also actively recruiting for a property and private equity research analyst to support Lamb and the Russell Alternatives team. - Implementation Services - new transition management hire: Russell has further expanded its implementation services ...

Russell ups alternatives exposure

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... alternative strategies exposure increase by 7 per cent over the past three months. "For 2010 we have rotated into liquid alternatives to provide Balanced Opportunities with enhanced diversification and inflation protection via 'real asset' strategies ...

Alternatives by any other name

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... finance district to define an alternative investment to assist product and strategy development. "How one firm defines alternatives versus another firm might not seem significant but it is when you consider the focus being placed on understanding the ...

Research finds country bias in pension asset allocation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... Switzerland and a high of 72 per cent in Brazil. The most significant trend, said Goss, is the massive appeal of alternatives. Australian pension funds for example have allocated an average 22 per cent into the asset class last year, a near three-fold ...

Future Fund slashes cash for alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... multi-strategy hedge funds - were topped up from $2.8 billion at end September to over $7 billion by December 31. Alternatives now make up 11.4 per cent of the fund. Investment managers in the Future Fund's alternatives portfolio include Oaktree Capital ...

Frontier reweighs alternatives

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
Asset consultant Frontier is reviewing its alternatives portfolios in the first quarter of this year, a move that could potentially pump up to $2.5 billion of new money into the sector. Frontier's deputy managing director Kristian Fok said the review ...

Hedge funds on incubators watch list

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... Australian incubator. Ascalon, fresh from its ownership handover to Westpac, is closely watching the hedge funds and alternatives boutiques sectors for incubation opportunities next year. Andrew Landman, chief executive of Ascalon said there is increasing ...

Universal model tough to execute

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... boast a single diversified investment strategy, which could impact exposures to certain asset classes, including alternatives.

Super up again to $1.2 tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... assets are held in equities, 13 per cent in bonds, 10 per cent in property, 11 per cent in cash and 16 per cent in alternatives.

UK variable annuity sales dive

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... be needed to remind consumers and advisers of the virtues of 'third way' propositions like variable annuities as alternatives to conventional annuities and income drawdown," said Andy Saunders, senior consultant at Watson Wyatt. These figures come after ...