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AB appoints institutional MD

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... an active, research-driven investment manager offering a range of strategies across equities, fixed income, alternative assets and risk management.

Sovereign wealth funds growing despite falling commodity prices

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... for funding. Instead, institutions have turned to funding from governments, reserves, investment returns and alternative assets - 70% of funds surveyed invested in at least one alternative asset class, most commonly real estate and infrastructure. As ...

ESG becoming essential to insto alternative investment

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns as being an important part of their investment philosophy for alternative assets. This finding is derived from Global Insights on 'ESG in alternative investing research' developed jointly by Mercer ...

Alternatives managers asked to help more with fees

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... fees of 1.54% compared to 1.65% for funds with a 2008 inception date. "While the fees paid by investors in alternative assets funds have long been a point of contention, the last few years have seen investors become ever more vociferous," Preqin chief ...

Blue Sky reports $2.6 million profit

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... performance across the funds Blue Sky manages, balance sheet exposure to those funds, and investor demand for alternative assets. "Investor allocations to the traditional alternative asset classes of private equity and venture capital, hedge funds, infrastructure ...

Future Fund smashes its performance target in 2014

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... significantly outperformed super funds in 2014 thanks to its heavier weighting to US dollar investments and alternative assets. According to the Future Fund's latest portfolio update, the Australian de facto sovereign wealth fund earned 13.2% for the ...

Hedge funds were top alternatives performers in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... up from $648 billion of asset growth in 2013. "The majority of investors remain confident in the ability of alternative assets to help achieve portfolio objectives," Preqin chief executive Mark O'Hare said. "Even with the sub-par performance seen by ...

LGS grows investment committee

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... currently principal of Edgehaven, where she advises institutional clients on long-term investment strategies, alternative assets and dynamic asset allocation across market cycles. She brings extensive investment experience in the superannuation industry ...

AMP Capital awarded $250m global infrastructure mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2015
... strategy was launched in October 2014. "Growing numbers of institutional investors are seeking greater exposure to alternative assets such as infrastructure, attracted to its predictable risk-adjusted returns, consistent yields and portfolio diversification," ...

AMP Capital receives $200m from OPB

HARRY PAGE:  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2014
... equity Boe Pahari said an increasing number of institutional investors were searching for a greater exposure to alternative assets such as infrastructure due to its predictable risk-adjusted returns. "AMP Capital's global infrastructure strategy is a ...