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State Super focuses on risk

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... that we've had managers in international and domestic equities that would do well in hard times. We've shifted into alternatives in the last two years - we're doing better than most," he said. Russell was a keynote speaker at this morning's Asset Allocation ...

Treasuries still strong: ML

RUTH LIEW AND MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... been." Merrill Lynch's Corry said that in addition to Treasuries, the firm is also recommending other fixed income alternatives such as municipal bonds, agency debt and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. backed bonds.

New home for $58 billion

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... money into at least one alternative investment in the next 12 months, with $17.1 billion expected to be invested in alternatives over the next year. In the wake of the unprecedented market slump last year, the research noted that 59 per cent of planners ...

Hedge that made the grade

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... Stanley, BlackRock Investment Management, Select Asset Management, Winton Capital and Man Investments are the only alternatives fund managers from a pool of 19 to receive a 'recommended' or 'highly recommended rating' from Zenith Investment Partners. ...

Mandate to the Future

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
The Future Fund is looking to build up its debt portfolio this year and beef up its alternatives portfolio with investments that have "niche" risk premia. David Neal, the Future Fund's chief investment officer, gave an insight on where they are likely ...

Assist trustees, don't overregulate: AIST

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
... said. "Renovation implies satisfaction with the structure and I think we're basically on the right path." Barr said alternatives to existing rules including further deregulation, simpler regulation or re-regulation had already failed in the past or would ...

What a member wants

... of funds investing in conservative cash-like investments and equities and are instead, allocating more money into alternatives such as private equity and infrastructure. Donald said all these changes fuel more debate on the changing role of the trustee ...

Long-only turmoil pushes investors to hedge funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... that "The [UK pension fund] industry intends to continue cutting its exposure to equities to free cash to invest in alternatives such as hedge funds, private equity, commodities and property - in spite of the abject failure of many of these asset classes ...

Japan's pensions turn to alternatives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... traditional and alternative assets, by way of an overhaul of equity investments and the full scale introduction of alternatives substituting for equity."

Superfund opens alternatives fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
Superfund Group is launching its Super Alpha Fund 1, providing investors with access to managed futures and market neutral long short strategies that have delivered more than 13 per cent per annum for more than a decade. The fund's strategy is based ...