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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 ...

Online drill for gold

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
Retail investors looking to invest in 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 the website, investors can buy gold and silver ...

PE firms gobble Lehman Bros AM

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... products including high net worth, separately managed accounts, institutional, fixed income, mutual funds and alternative assets including private equity. Bain Capital Partners and Hellman & Friedman have committed to an all-equity transaction in which ...

JV moves Invesco into China PE

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... the expansion of Invesco's alternative investment ability in China. The firm manages more than $58 billion in alternative assets. Wilbur Ross, Invesco WL Ross chair, said the joint venture might become the model for the new private equity industry in ...

Alternatives charter assoc heads Down Under

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
The rise and rise of alternative assets is pushing the need for specialists trained in the sector, said Craig Asche, chief executive of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIAA) when he visited Australia last week. Asche said ...