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Zurich's timely insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... suited as part of a risk recommendation, allowing you to mix and match this product with stepped or level premium alternatives. "We're launching Select Term as both as a retail product for those people who prefer to deal face to face with a financial ...

Future Fund investment team expands

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... roles in QSuper, QIC and the Commonwealth Treasury. David George joins the fund as senior analyst, fixed interest and alternatives. George's previous experience includes roles with Mercer Investment Consulting, Royal Bank of Canada and Integra Capital ...

SSgA wins $200m hedge fund replication mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... exposure to the [equity risk premium] that drives the majority of hedge fund returns," said Michael Powell, USS head of alternatives. "[USS view] this strategy as a core part of our integrated approach to investing in hedge funds alongside our single ...

SELECT expands senior team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
... under management, mainly in their market neutral fund of hedge funds," he said. Foley said the Select Diversified and Alternatives Portfolios has performed well in the last six months. "We are seeing increasing demand for truly diversified portfolios ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
... intraday peak for the seventh session in a row as a weak dollar prompted more buying from speculators seeking investment alternatives. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, April crude settled up 41 US cents, or 0.37 per cent, at a record $US110.33 a ...

Diversity wins at State Street

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
... volatility than an equity only portfolio. SSgA also plans to launch a third strategy in this range called Diversified Alternatives which will provide exposure to a portfolio consisting only of alternative asset classes.

Future Fund on the defense

... team on board, alternative investments providers should prepare for the beauty parade. "All the market talk about alternatives is a sign of a fantastic and dynamic market. So we will want to be a part of that. We will look at investing in pooled investments ...

New era for investment analysts

... investments. The way fund managers and super funds perform has been influenced by "the advent of a wide range of alternatives - hedge funds, long/short funds, infrastructure, private equity - and ways to manage portfolio construction in that framework," ...

Australian super funds sticking with equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
... four per cent to 16 per cent in the last few years. "Last year we saw a shift out of equities and into bonds and alternatives, a trend which is expected to continue. However, funds still carry around a 20 per cent overweighting to equities relative to ...

Lonsec advice pays off: Mercer

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... construction, where they are not reliant on traditional beta sources, are well diversified and included a high weighting to alternatives. Russell Clarke, chief investment officer at Mercer, said Lonsec identified the size of the portfolio team and its ...