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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 ...

Three reasons for alternatives

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... market today reinforces institutions desire to invest in alternatives," said Nicole Connolly, director, alternative investments, Asia-Pacific region, Russell Investments. While diversification was the main reason for investing into alternatives by 90% ...

Macquarie wins currency mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
Macquarie Investment Management has won a $105 million mandate from Amundi Alternative Investments' Managed Account Platform to actively trade G10 currencies. "We are delighted that Amundi, one of Europe's largest and most reputable asset managers ...

BlackRock appoints head of alternatives

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
... said Rick Arney, head of hedge funds for BlackRock alternative investors. "Demand from our clients for alternative investments is increasing as they seek to capture opportunities that maximise returns." Joseph Pacini, head of BlackRock's alternatives ...

Instos increase alternative allocations

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012
... what they have on the traditional side," said Faraz Sultan, global head of portfolio management for HSBC Alternative Investments. "Obviously that extends to risk, return, correlation, liquidity and so on - so things are really narrowing and moving away ...