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Retail super funds in hot water: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
Retail superannuation funds at CBA, NAB, AMP and other institutions could face criminal charges after the Royal Commission's team of lawyers highlighted several instances where corporate and superannuation law was breached. The closing submission ...

Aussie super asset allocation "riskier": Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... a market offering a variety of funds for retirement savers to choose from. The report also outlined the growth in alternative investing amongst pension funds, with all the countries studied having doubled their exposure to alternative assets since 2001. ...

Global asset manager launches smart beta indices

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... Standard's current BETTER Beta range of enhanced indexation funds and mandates, which the manager pitches are a better alternative to market-cap weighted indexation for sophisticated indexes. The QIS team has been managing portfolios employing factor ...

Hedge fund industry body promotes Aussie talent

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... Australian board of a global industry body that represents more than $2 trillion of hedge fund or private credit assets. Alternative Investment Management Association's Australian board will now be chaired by AMP Capital's head of alpha strategies ...

Blue Sky offloads six funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
Beleaguered Blue Sky Alternative Investments will sell its retirement living funds and its 50% stake in Aura Holdings, the operator of the retirement living business. Blue Sky today announced it signed a binding agreement with an offshore institutional ...

SS&C acquires software firm from TPG

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... monitoring and security. Prior to that, he was on the original team at cloud infrastructure provider DigitalOcean. Alternative asset firm TPG has about US$84 billion of assets under management.

Smart beta on the rise: Van Eck

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... with active strategies, while 12% expect them to marginally underperform. In regards to popular strategies, equal or alternative weighted strategies and single-factor quality strategies ranked highly. "Smart beta is giving active management a run for ...

CCIV draws mixed reception: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... institutional defined benefit pension schemes are the main target segments for 90% of asset managers. "Whether it is alternative investments, UCITS or cross-border mutual funds, investment in technology will become critical for asset managers to efficiently ...

New $500m boutique manager partnership

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... Partners. "We are delighted to be partnering with Prodigy and look forward to establishing a strong presence in the alternative investment market with our market neutral strategy," Stewart said. "Prodigy brings an innovative business model, infrastructure ...

Alternative investment manager partners with VC firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
An ASX-listed alternative investment manager has entered into non-binding term sheet with New York-based early stage venture capital firm Scout Ventures for a stake in a proposed US$50 million fund. Auctus Alternative Investments will acquire up to ...