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Australian super funds sticking with equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
... equities and 16 per cent in bonds. Alternative asset allocation across all pension funds increased with real estate, private equity, commodities and hedge funds rising close to four per cent to 16 per cent in the last few years. "Last year we saw a shift ...

Schroders expands fixed income team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
... said. Schroders Investment Management Australia provides international products to wholesale investors including private equity, hedge funds, specialist equities, cash and fixed interest.

Australian private equity still going strong

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
Private equity investments in the Asia Pacific region remained relatively benign last year, but Australia is still going strong in the PE fundraising front. According to figures from Thomson Financial's Asia-Pacific private equity review, PE investments ...

Future Fund appoints property expert

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
... and former NZ Superannuation Fund executive, Steve Byrom, as investment director of private markets focusing on private equity a month later.

AustralianSuper selects JPMorgan

... super funds AustralianSuper has signed up JPMorgan to provide administration and reporting services tailored to private equity investments. JPMorgan said AustralianSuper is the first fund in Australia to use the Private Equity Fund Services (JPMorgan ...

ING PEAL pledges $10m to Wolseley

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
ING Private Equity Access Limited (ING PEAL) has committed $10 million to Wolseley Partners' next private equity fund, which is aimed at the mid-sized deal space of the sector. ING PEAL will be lending its financial backing to the Wolseley Partners ...

Instos to buy more alternatives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
Local institutional investors will continue to pour more money into private equity and real estate, according to a new report on alternative investments. The annual Russell Investments Survey on Alternative Investing report surveyed 326 institutions ...

SWIFT overhauls proxy voting

... often don't know whether their votes have been accepted or counted. The issue hit the headlines recently after private equity group Archer Capital's successful takeover of Rebel Sport, despite three fund managers with a total 24 per cent of the stock ...

Future fund appoints another private equity expert

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
... next week, Byrom will report to head of private markets Gary Gabriel. Byrom has more than 12 years experience in private equity and corporate finance, having previously held roles at the New Zealand Superannuation Fund, ANZ private equity, Ernst & Young ...

Alt assets boom in uncertain times

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
... simple results. ''Over the past decade, the four primary alternative asset classes - real estate, infrastructure, private equity and hedge funds - delivered higher returns than the traditional offerings of stocks and bonds," he said. According to the ...