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WAM makes alternatives play

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... termination and transition arrangements in September this year. If approved, Blue Sky will be rebranded as WAM Alternative Assets. Blue Sky chair Michael Cottier said the agreement signalled the beginning of a brighter future for the investment company's ...

Global manager rolls out local access to alternatives fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... today, in a move designed to help local wholesale retail and institutional investors increase their access to alternative assets while minimising risk. According to the investment manager, the fund has "minimal correlation" with the performance of the ...

Sentiment weakens as macro threats loom

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... Natixis Australia managing director and head of distribution Louise Watson sees opportunities in fixed income and alternative assets - including credit and real estate. "On the fixed income side, our affiliate manager Loomis Sayles has developed a credit ...

Powerwrap inks strategic partnership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... insights and lessons learned would be applied to the platform, which currently manages around $1 billion in alternative assets. Davidson said alternative assets could be the solution for advisers searching for investment choices which will deliver their ...

Northern Trust touts new ESG tool to instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... partnership with IdealRatings) but will over time expand to other asset classes. "In future, we will look at alternative assets like private equity and real estate. They are a bit different [from listed securities in] transparency of the data and the ...

Pension assets climb towards $50 trillion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... for 92% of the US$46.7 trillion in assets in the 22 largest pension markets. The research shows a shift to alternative assets continuing globally, marking two decades of considerable change in pension fund asset allocation. In 1999, just 6% of P7 pension ...

Super fund names new chief investment officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... managers including Magellan, Wellington and BlueBay. Legalsuper also recently increased its allocations to alternative assets in Barwon Healthcare Property Fund, Lighthouse Infrastructure Fund and Ancala.

Advice group partners with new platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
... reporting services as well as alternative asset solutions. It comes as Powerwrap prepares to expand its range of alternative assets in 2020, the platform said. It also follows in a long line of advice groups that have taken up Powerwrap's offering in ...

J.P. Morgan predicts extended income squeeze

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... dive platform into a paddling pool," said J.P. Morgan Asset Management global market strategist Kerry Craig. "Alternative assets are going to become more important in filling the pool of income generating assets and improving risk-adjusted returns." ...

High net worths want more: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... platform provider was seeing in its HNW investor client base. "At Powerwrap, we have noticed a healthy demand for alternative assets," Davidson said. "Many of these investments are not typically available via a platform structure, so we work closely ...