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New multi-sector portfolio manager for Perpetual

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... Graham-Smith joins Perpetual Investments with 20 years experience in financial markets, predominately working in alternative investments and portfolio management for some of the world's leading financial institutions including: Deutsche Bank, ING Barings ...

Four funds added to AMP Flexible Super

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... the existing core offerings, provide alternative income strategies and cost-effective, multi-strategy alternative investments. "We are continually looking to expand our offering in the AMP Flexible Super range to ensure customers have the most appropriate ...

Blue Sky names investment manager

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has named Lachlan McMurdo as an investment manager in its private equity division. McMurdo joins Blue Sky from Bain & Company's private equity group where he worked as a consultant for three years. In his new role, he ...

Cash in on overseas asset offload

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... on commercial property, loans on maritime assets, power plants and PPP social infrastructure are viable alternative investments, which can diversify portfolios and hedge against inflation, he said.

Farm land a viable alternative

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... an alternative investment can be a good way to diversify portfolios, said Nicole Connolly, director of Alternative Investments, Russell Investments Australasia. It is an investment that is exposed to favorable secular drivers, but requires a lot of due-diligence ...

Instreet launches alternative

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... "With a relatively small one-off payment providing larger exposure, investors can add an allocation to alternative investments to their portfolio whilst maintaining the majority of their cash position, if they like," he explained. Lonsec investment house ...

Alternatives need new thinking: QIC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... for those juicy returns, the less they will help you in a down market," said James Dick, QIC's head of alternative investments, adding that investors should be looking at "something in between" for their alternatives portfolio. "You don't know which ...

Alternatives beyond reach for in-house

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
Pension funds bringing research in house might need more staff than they think to internally manage alternative investments with any success. "One of the issues with alternatives is that the burden of due diligence is very high. At my last job we had ...

SMSFs need better access to alternatives: BlueSky

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... negatively impacted SMSFs, who have missed out on quality options for alternative returns, according to BlueSky Alternative Investments. This is despite SMSF significant cash weighting making them the superannuation sector's top performers. Mark Sowerby ...

Falling bond yields, low growth, subdued returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... correlated with the share market, according to Rainmaker analysis. These expectations explain the interest in alternative investments complemented by capital preservation strategies. Dorrian said expectations of low growth with high market volatility ...