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St. John leaves UniSuper

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... more time with his family. St. John joined UniSuper in May 2001 and assisted in diversifying member funds into alternative assets such as infrastructure and private equity; signed the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) and ...

Forensic tool for private equity

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... Worldwide Securities Services said the benefits of using reporting services that can validate and reconcile alternative assets in real time have become even more compelling for local institutional investors. "They are working with increasingly complex ...

OneVue partners with Super Concepts

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... he said. In addition, using the enhanced administration service, trustees can invest rental properties and alternative assets such as property warrants, said Paul May, Super Concepts general manager. The OneVue/Super Concepts SMSF service is available ...

BT unveils manager line up

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... Equities: Dustin Adams International Equities: Mark Vrkic Fixed Interest: Andrew Dowie Property: Dimitra Voutas Alternative Assets: Chris Thompson Other key senior investment appointments include Sidney Chong as quantitative research manager and Adrian ...

State Street scores $1bn mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... portfolio. "The Trustees determined that the portfolio's characteristics made it more naturally fit in the alternative assets portfolio," it noted. APFC also announced changes to the short-term interest rate proxy for certificate of deposits purchased ...

Pengana wins $50m Auscoal mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
... particular, has a very low correlation to other asset classes and finally, the investment increases the Fund's alternative assets portfolio which provides additional diversification. This will help the fund achieve its goal of minimising the downside," ...

Japan's pensions turn to alternatives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... their diversification strategy and planning to reduce their domestic equities allocation in favour of more alternative assets such as absolute return products, according to a new survey. A JPMorgan Asset Management survey found almost 70 per cent of ...

Superfund opens alternatives fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... the world to re-allocate asset and seriously consider ways to diversify their risk and return prospects using alternative assets," he said. The fund will be distributed by SuperAlphaFund and requires a $10,000 minimum investment. Superfund Group plans ...

MCG appoints Select

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... net worth Australian families, first started using a number of Select funds around 2003 in a bid to include alternative assets within client portfolios. Now it has incorporated the MCG Select Portfolio as the core holding of the firm's investment portfolio ...

Online rush for gold

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... gold parties as the value of gold continue to soar. Retail investors looking to buy into gold and silver - the alternative assets that have rallied in recent years - can now buy gold and silver bullion directly through www.goldsilverbullion.com.au. Through ...