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Prime to acquire boutique fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024
Prime Financial Group is set to acquire a boutique alternatives asset manager and will pay up to $4.5 million. The ASX-listed firm entered into an agreement to buy Altor Capital which has a staff of seven based in Brisbane. Prime will pay an initial ...

GCI welcomes investment director

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024
... driving growth and uptake of the real estate strategy. Prior to GCI, Grajczyk spent two years at Melbourne-based alternatives investment manager Wingate Group, and four years at Metrics Credit Partners. Stone said the appointment of Grajczyk reflects ...

Future Fund soars to $272.3bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2024
... be cut by central banks," he said. Among the investment changes made during 2023, the fund moderately reduced its alternatives exposure, increased holdings in equity, and lifted its allocation in floating credit. "We have the portfolio positioned towards ...

Qantas Super reduces premiums again

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2024
... stage saw its risk rating change from high to medium to high. Cruising has a 47.3% allocation to equites, 20% in alternatives and a 24.8% holding in fixed interest. Qantas Super is a hybrid defined benefit and defined contribution scheme. It has more ...

KKR rolls out alternatives education solution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024
... has launched a digital education platform to help financial advisers and individual investors better understand the alternatives landscape. The KKR Alternatives Unlocked platform offers macroeconomic insights, investment perspectives and educational ...

Balanced portfolios to reap rewards in 2024: UBS

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2024
... said. "We expect that investors who shift from the traditional 60-40 stock-bond portfolio to a 40-30-30 stock-bond-alternatives, with a diversified mix of private equity, private credit, and real assets could increase annual returns 80-100 basis per ...

JPMAM to bring more alts strategies to wholesale investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023
... Asset Management and iCapital. JPMAM said the new union demonstrates its global strategic priority to democratise alternatives, much like its introduction of active ETFs last year did. As at September end, JPMAM has $312 billion in alternative assets ...

Private markets make concrete inroads with advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
... macroeconomic environment and capital markets, many financial advisers seek better risk-adjusted returns and turn to alternatives for their clients. "Firms like ours can take what would otherwise be a US$10 million minimum investment, create a feeder ...

Former Schroders executive enters VC space

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
... firm's growth." Antler global partner Ant Millet said asset managers are generally increasing their allocations to alternatives and innovation, looking to capture the leading growth trends that will contribute to the largest and most impactful companies ...

Macro environment trumps inflation for asset owners: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
... Corporation, and SAFE Investment Company as the largest in terms of AUM. Sovereign wealth funds have a higher allocation to alternatives and lower proportion of fixed income compared to the top 20 assets owners (which includes pension funds and master ...