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Frontier's $97bn FUA in safe hands

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
... The consultant, which was established in 1994 by a group of industry funds, also have a high allocation to alternative assets particularly infrastructure, direct property and conservative hedge funds - all of which cushioned their performance from the ...

Fitzpatrick vacates VFMC chair

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
... to hand over the reins," Fitzpatrick said. VFMC chief executive Syd Bone commended Fitzpatrick expertise in alternative assets and in-house management skills throughout his tenure at the fund. "Much has been achieved, including the establishment of a ...

Who plays the PE game, wins

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
... Top American insto investors are expected to allocate more than 22 per cent of their overall portfolios to alternative assets in two years, well above their historic average of single digit allocation, according to a July survey by JPMorgan Asset Management. ...

US instos ramp up alts to 22pct

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... Top US institutional investors are expected to allocate more than 22 per cent of their overall portfolios to alternative assets in two years, well above their historic average of single digit allocation, a new survey found. JPMorgan Asset Management's ...

Pension alternatives investments top $860bn

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
The amount of alternative assets managed by 99 of the world's largest investment managers on behalf of pension funds jumped 40 per cent to $864 billion last year, according to Watson Wyatt and Global Investor magazine. The Global Alternatives 99 research ...

Co-investing gains momentum

... interests together with the companies. "This co-investment model allows Sunsuper to build its commitment to alternative assets in a way that's more cost effective and better aligned to members' interests." Two years since, the super fund adopted the ...

JP Morgan runs ESG checks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
... services. Kumar said the ESG reporting service was not limited to equities and could report on ESG factors in alternative assets such as fixed income or infrastructure. "We have our own table where we can look at whether or not [the firm is] involved ...

IFM adopts UN PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
... challenge to implement the UN PRI across its investment process and portfolio because of the high allocation to alternative assets. "Much of the work around ESG to date has focussed on listed equities markets. The majority of IFM investments are in the ...

Instos change mandate strategies

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
... during the year, up from 12 real estate investment searches in 2006 to 62. Against this 20 per cent spike in alternative assets, the number of investment manager searches from Australian institutions fell by 25 per cent to only 82 searches. But within ...

Industry responds to APRA report

... the asset allocation, [not-for-profit] funds have invested more on private equity, infrastructure and other alternative assets," "That has implications in your performance but more importantly, on what's reported as your performance. A lot of this unlisted ...