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Select wins AXA and CFS mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... SAP is exposed to local and international alternative strategies such as hedge funds and managed futures and alternative assets, including commodities, private equity, infrastructure and gold or precious metals. Commenting on the recent mandate wins ...

Credit Suisse to focus on alternatives and EM

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... Suisse's Global Investors asset management business. The remaining Credit Suisse funds are now heavily devoted to alternative assets, including hedge funds, private equity, commodities and infrastructure strategies. "Credit Suisse will continue to market ...

Future Fund tops up alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... portfolio update, the fund increased its property exposure from $1.8 billion in December to $2.5 billion by March. Alternative assets also received a boost and now make up 12.3 per cent of the fund (excluding the fund's Telstra holding), at $7.8 billion ...

Russell hires Telstra Super portfolio manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
... investment programs. Connolly joins Russell from Telstra Super where her most recent role was portfolio manager - alternative assets. She has over ten years' experience in the alternative assets space across all major asset classes and brings extensive ...

Alternatives by any other name

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... $66 billion Future Fund defines alternative investments differently to Cerulli's findings. The fund defines alternative assets as any investment that provides diversifying exposure relative to its other asset categories including commodities futures ...

Future Fund slashes cash for alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
The $66 billion Future Fund has halved its 30 per cent allocation to cash in three months - with alternative assets getting the biggest boost in allocation following the move. The Future Fund's allocation to cash in September stood at 31.6 per cent ...

Frontier reweighs alternatives

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
... part of an ongoing process the asset consultant does across all the asset classes - it just so happens that alternative assets are first in the line up for 2010. "We are now looking at the opportunities in quite a number of alternatives, like private ...

Brookvine appoints director and manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
... Australia/New Zealand distribution of the Citigroup Alternative Investments Group. He has wide experience in the alternative assets universe, with particular expertise across a broad spectrum of credit, hedge fund and private markets investment strategies. ...

Man and CS launch managed account service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
... liquidity. The Man Investments and Credit Suisse managed account service provides access to hedge funds and other alternative assets. Both firms said this joint service provides independence, highlighting the fact that the platform is designed to ease ...

Frontier takes tough stance against asset-based fees

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
... misalignment of interests. More importantly, any blanket approach should apply not just to listed assets but also on alternative assets, which tend to be less liquid and less transparent. Instead, the fund manager pointed out the practice in the US where ...