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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. ...

Instos reverse traction in alternatives

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
... alternative investments dipped 1 per cent last year, contrasting with a 40 per cent increase in the amount of alternative assets pension funds invested with top managers during 2007, compared to 2006. Ross Barry, head of portfolio construction group ...

Shift to altern assets fuel valuation concerns: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
Rising levels of alternative assets has exacerbated concerns over valuation policies for unlisted assets, according to APRA's latest Insight report. The biggest problem for the regulator is fund reporting cycles being much more frequent than asset valuation ...

Mercer adds boutique, adds staff

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
... asset class research firms. Mercer's boutique divisions cover fixed income, equities, bonds, real estate and alternative assets. "With our large client, the real competition is increasingly from specialist research firms who put all their resource into ...

Irish pensions suffer 25pc loss

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
... invest in cash until there is greater stability in markets. There was also an increase in the allocations to alternative assets from 2.3 percent to 7.1 per cent.

Westpac prizes growth and alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... from 85 per cent to 95 per cent. This in turn will see its defensive assets decrease from 15 to 5 per cent. Alternative assets, such as infrastructure projects, are also receiving a boost, increasing from 10 to 15 per cent. Changes have also been made ...

Seven deadly sins

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... investment managers evaporate. Sloth, wrath and envy go hand in hand. The lack of transparency, particularly among alternative assets has been swept under the table because people have become complacent in good times. Some are in denial, and are angry ...