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Hedge funds suffer worst year since 2011

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
Last year was a bad one for hedge funds as they suffered their worst returns since 2011. Numbers from industry researcher Eurekahedge showed that its benchmark hedge fund index returned 1.56% in 2015. Though that's the worst absolute return in four ...

Responsible investment is not just divestment

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
Investing responsibly for the long-term isn't just about restricting investment mandates, but rather considering "broader information" and acting accordingly. This was the main message from Principles for Responsible Investment chair (and former director ...

Tech boom drives super to VC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... high illiquidity, but Scevak argued this is one of the main reasons why it fits perfectly with super funds' investment mandate: "Super funds are structurally set up to be able to invest in such things, and the investment return should also deliver a ...

VicSuper awards $100m corporate bonds mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
VicSuper has awarded a $100 million investment mandate to a fixed income manager to invest in diversified Australian corporate loans. Metrics Credit Partners will manage the mandate, which falls under VicSuper's domestic fixed interest strategy. The ...

FIIG launches fixed income MDA service

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... portfolios," Paton said. "This new MIPS service changes all that, because the investor just has to set the investment mandate and our experienced fund manager will manage the portfolio for them." FIIG has established three different investment programs ...

QIC inks $1bn infrastructure deal with CalPERS

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... "We are very pleased to have entered into this partnership with a pension fund of CalPERS' stature and for an investment mandate of this scale," he said. "This commitment to QIC and the Asia-Pacific infrastructure region is a validation of our infrastructure ...

Managed accounts work for insto investors too

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
The term 'managed account' in Australia is usually associated with retail investment but one global technology and investment administration group has been using the structure to more efficiently manage institutional alternatives investments. Bruce ...

Super funds out-growing local real estate

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... forward." Evans described the relationship with AustralianSuper as an advisory mandate rather than a traditional investment mandate, which is designed to suit the funds increasingly internal investment process. "They now have a lot of skills in-house ...

IFM Investors wins UK pension fund mandates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
IFM Investors have won two infrastructure investment mandates worth $364 million from two UK local government pension funds, Avon Pension Fund and Dorset County Pension Fund. The mandates will be invested in IFM Investors' portfolio of core equity ...

How to win family office mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
Don't even think about approaching a family office for an investment mandate if you don't have market beating returns and be prepared to wait years to earn their trust, a panel of family office executives has said. Addressing an audience of fund managers ...