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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 ...

Future Fund trumps market, but only just

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
... and the returns from the fund's proportionally negligible allocations to private equity, infrastructure and alternative assets. A quick study of how much the fund has poured into each asset classes over the three months to September also suggest how ...

CFA appoints Gunasingham as president

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
... Strategy, an investment and strategic research consultancy providing quantitative analysis and focusing on the alternative assets sector. Prior to this, she held roles at AMP Private Capital, PricewaterhouseCoopers Financial Advisory Services and Macquarie ...

Westpac moves to wholly own Ascalon

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
... overall objective to increase exposure to wealth management, particularly in higher margin products such as alternative assets. Andrew Landman, chief executive at Ascalon Capital Managers, said the Westpac purchase sends a strong signal regarding the ...

BlackRock tops diversified funds review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
... diversified funds sector review found more than half the managers assessed by the ratings firm now include alternative assets in their portfolios. These include hedge funds, alpha import strategies, private equity, infrastructure and global resources. ...