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Winton Capital wins Future Fund mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... Management, Louis Dreyfus Investment Group and Winton Capital Management. Future Fund had $11.87 billion allocated to alternative assets in the March quarter, it said in its portfolio update, or 16.3 per cent, excluding Telstra. The private equity mandate ...

Inflation fears raise appeal of alternative assets

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
Alternatives are predicted to enjoy a surge of inflows over the next three years as institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds move to protect themselves against inflation. Inflation and its potential effect on institutional investing is gaining ...

FUM hits $1.37tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... compares to the 17 per cent peak it reached post-GFC in June 2009, said Rainmaker. Meanwhile the weighting to alternative assets has remained stable at about 14 per cent, the level it's been for the past two years. The largest investment manager in Australia ...

Prime Super restructures equities portfolio

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... million equities portfolio and withdrew mandates with State Street, BlackRock and BGI, while the fund looks for alternative assets to add to its investments. Lachlan Baird, chief executive of Prime Super, said the fund has terminated enhanced passive ...

MTAA halts new money to 'illiquid' option

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... not reflect any fundamental problems with the option or the assets it comprised of". Investments in unlisted alternative assets will continue to be an integral part of their\ strategic investment approach. Other super funds such as Westscheme and Prime ...

Asset Super awards mandates

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... Asset Super made a $30 million commitment to the Antin Infrastructure Partners fund as part of the fund's "alternative assets". The Antin infrastructure fund targets income and growth type investments and includes assets with exposures to airports, rail ...

Investec eyes aircraft leasing market

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
Hoping to exploit the burgeoning demand for alternative assets, Investec Global Aircraft Fund launched an open-ended capital raising yesterday and appointed a former senior Qantas executive to its investment committee. Investec said it was seeking funds ...

Jana and Frontier add to ranks

MEDIA RELEASES  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... CBA (structured finance) and PwC (taxation). Simpson's appointment brings the number of specialists covering alternative assets to 16.

Future Fund chair attacks RSPT

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... Future Fund holds only low levels of direct property and infrastructure assets, instead preferring to hold its alternative assets in absolute return funds. It is now Australia's biggest hedge fund investor. Politics aside, Murray's comments referring ...

Local unis smash US funds returns

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... better than their US counterparts - a trend that looks set to continue as local institutions up the ante on alternative assets. According to a Mercer report that surveyed 27 institutions from Australia and the Asia Pacific, local university funds posted ...