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UK treasury provides guidance on local pension consolidation

MATT TOLEDO  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... significant investors in infrastructure, including as direct investors in the asset class, and other alternative asset classes, such as private equity. These pension funds are also renowned for their governance, and replicating their success and achieving ...

Apostle Fund adds two staffers

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... Lane is appointed investments director. Lane brings over a decade of experience in both traditional and alternative asset classes, investment due diligence and manager research. He is a senior member of Apostle's direct investment team and manager selection ...

Former TCorp exec sets up consultancy

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... this investment style, funds do not operate with a fixed strategic asset allocation, and they avoid silos across asset classes.

Responsible investing buoyed by instos: RIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
... markets to passive strategies to credit - ESG tools can be integrated rigorously and credibly across a spectrum of asset classes. The latest Benchmark Report shows the Australian responsible investment market grew to $1.6 trillion in 2023, marking a ...

Commodities 'crucial' for portfolio resilience: QIC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... particular, a valuable inclusion in a strategic asset allocation, especially in an environment where traditional asset classes may face headwinds," QIC said. Commodity futures are standardised contracts traded on exchanges that transact a specific quantity ...

Family offices to splash cash in APAC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025
... exposures to India and Taiwan over the next 12 months, while 39% will boost investment in Mainland China. The preferred asset classes for family offices in APAC are bonds and equities, with 48% planning to increase their investment in developed market ...

Super moves: Future Fund, WTW

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... both traditional and alternative credit sectors, as well as advising clients on portfolio construction for these asset classes. Before rejoining WTW, James spent over 11 years at Funds SA, where he most recently served as a portfolio manager. He managed ...

PGIM Real Estate partners up on $145m deal for logistics asset

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... acquisition added to the appeal. "PGIM Real Estate has been very active this year across a range of real estate asset classes, but we have also been very selective in pursuing strategies with a strong underlying thematic and assets that will be well ...

Super funds covet more global equities: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... seven Mag-7 stocks. Google and Amazon are the exceptions being overweight 14bps and 32bps respectively. In other asset classes, cash (-86bps) was the biggest loser during the period, followed by fixed income (-52bps) and domestic equities (-45bps). Interestingly ...

Inside Colonial First State's fund manager selection overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
... with a value manager to create balance, but that approach "works until it doesn't" because correlations across asset classes and managers are "inherently unstable," he said. That's the "overarching aspect," but the key point, he continued, is ...