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Super fund awards $275 million mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
... targets around 15 risk premia strategies across the categories of value, momentum and carry. GAM Systematic head of alternative risk premia Lars Jaeger said investor appetite for the strategy continues to be strong. "Our investment strategy has delivered ...

Zurich awards $100m passive mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
A global asset manager has won a mandate to invest $100 million in ASX-listed equities for Zurich Group's Australian investment management arm. DWS will invest in a passively-managed portfolio of Australian stocks for Zurich Investment Management. Zurich's ...

Canadian pension fund manager dumps Blue Sky

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
The strategic partnership between Blue Sky Alternative Investments and a $170 billion Canadian pension fund investment manager has been terminated. Blue Sky Water Partners has worked with Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) ...

Challenger adds new boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
Challenger's multi-boutique asset management business has taken a minority stake in a new alternatives manager. Fidante Partners will take over the distribution and marketing of London-based FME Asset Management (Financial Markets Engineering), in line ...

Future Fund delivers 5.8%

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... allocation stands at: 23.6% in global equities (25.5% at June 30), 15.8% in private equity (14.1% previously), 14.6% in alternative assets (15.4% previously), 14.5% in cash (15.1% previously), 10.1% in debt securities (8.9% previously), 8.5% in infrastructure ...

Freedom Insurance suspends trading

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... shareholders it will likely face a liquidity crisis in 2019. The board of the embattled insurer decided to search for alternative business models after a strategic review headed by Deloitte found new sales of its life products are no longer viable. Further ...

Hedge fund veteran joins Aura

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
Aura Group appointed Damien Hatfield as an executive director to help launch new funds in its alternative assets business. Hatfield is the founder and director of Triple A Partners. He helped set up a hedge funds-of-funds operation at Colonial First ...

AFSL reference checking protocols required

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... licensees to undertake reference checks will make it even more difficult for advisers who engage in misconduct to find alternative employment in the industry," the Government's response said. Expanding on the recommendation, Hayne said licensees ...

QIC appoints managing director

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
QIC has appointed a new managing director for its $22 billion global real estate business from an ASX-listed real estate manager. Michael O'Brien fills the role that opened when QIC's managing director of real estate Steve Leigh retired last year. O'Brien ...

HNWs to embrace alternatives in 2019: Fund manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
... and private wealth advisers will increasingly do the same. Spire Capital raised $175 million in aggregate for three alternative fund opportunities in 2018, saying it will continue to focus on specialist opportunities including in venture capital, private ...