Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 211 - 220 of 444 results for "Alternative investments"

Managed accounts work for insto investors too

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... responsibility of their external asset consultants. Another driver is that non-correlated returns from alternative investments becoming harder to achieve means institutional investors need to better understand where they are placing their capital. "Pension ...

Findex appoints head of investment research

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... from Philo Capital, where he worked as a portfolio manager. Prior to that he was a portfolio manager for alternative investments at MLC Investment Management, as well as an economist at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, based ...

Global shares tipped amid slow local growth

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... resting at just above 25%. The movement away from domestic equities appears to have gone primarily into alternative investments such as infrastructure and private equity. Despite record low interest rates, super funds still have about 11% of their assets ...

Instos too slow to make investment decisions

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... approach fully-funded status. "This has led them to step away from publicly-traded markets and turn to alternative investments and liability-driven investment strategies as a means to shelter their plans from changes in asset value and interest rates." ...

Hot property on notice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... prices behave. Then again -- at the other side of the fence -- investors and banks need more profitable alternative investments to invest in. So far investors bet on property continue to pay off - relative to the All Ords which has increased oh, about ...

Demand for alternatives sees Blue Sky profits rise

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has reported a 60% increase in after tax profit of $6.24 million for the full year to 30 June. The alternatives fund manager's revenue grew 69% from $14.2 million to $24.0 million. The company will pay a fully franked ...

Blue Sky reveals asset allocation of first alternatives LIC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has allocated nearly 70% of the $60 million raised for its Alternatives Access Fund into a range of alternative assets including private equity and venture capital, water and agriculture, a hedge fund and private real ...

Select brings Neuberger Berman hedge fund strategy to Australia

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... with Neuberger Berman for over a year and have absolute confidence in them as market leaders in liquid alternative investments." "We expect the Neuberger Berman ARMS Trust to be sought after as a differentiated source of risk management and return for ...

Sovereign wealth funds ramp up alternatives exposure

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... more than 50 individual sovereign investors across the globe, representing US$5.7 trillion of assets. Alternative investments remain the clear asset class winners in terms of new asset allocation within sovereign investor portfolios, mirroring the trend ...

Blue Sky raises $60.4 million for first listed alternatives fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has raised $60.4 million in the initial public offering of shares in its Blue Sky Alternatives Access Fund Limited (Alternatives Fund). The new Listed Investment Company (LIC), set to debut on the Australian Securities ...