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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 ...

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 ...