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ING IM tailored to suit

... Alternatives. He will now be responsible for fixed income, domestic equities, listed property trusts (LPTs) and alternative assets. Australian equities heads Mark East and Paul Cuddy for example will report to him under the new structure. In the meantime ...

Sunsuper buys more alternatives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2007
The sub-prime led crisis is allowing institutions to take advantage of a lack of competition and acquire alternative assets on the cheap, according to Tony Lally, chief executive at Sunsuper. "What we've found is because of the sub-prime, there's greater ...

The future of wealth management

... realisation that choice and flexibility is what we sell, and the evolving definition of balanced investing as alternative assets become mainstream are just three of the trends changing the face of wealth management, said Alex Dunnin, research director ...

Exposure to alternatives raises risks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2007
... Story of Haircuts and Perms, which found investors are allocating a large proportion of their portfolio to alternative assets. "Some investors are allocating 20 per cent of their portfolio to alternatives, this is not a problem in itself, however investors ...

Babcock & Brown launches DIF III

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
... The third offering from Babcock & Brown's successful Direct Investment Fund range, which invests in global alternative assets, has attracted the attention of several superannuation funds including Military Super and the WA Local Government Super. Following ...

Investors eye emerging markets infrastructure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
Credit Suisse is tapping into the growing demand for global alternative assets when it launched a product that will give Australian investors faster and cheaper access to the $1.12 trillion emerging markets infrastructure sector. Subject to regulatory ...

Sunsuper digs deeper into alternatives

... looking for investments that match our growing client needs," he said. "One avenue is to increase our exposure to alternative assets particularly in the infrastructure and property asset markets." Sunsuper has nearly one million members nationwide and ...

Suncorp and Tyndall outline team restructure

... completely separate and unrelated move, Stephen O'Brien has already accepted a position with a business focusing on alternative assets which means we will also be recruiting a head of institutional sales," he added. The combined asset management business ...

UK alternative weightings quadruple

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2007
... low weightings to domestic equities and record high weightings to international equities while weightings to alternative assets have quadrupled in four years, according to a survey by Pension Funds Online, the UK directory research firm. The survey reveals ...

WRF taps demand for alternatives

WRF Securities has signaled its plans to be a major player in global property and alternative assets after it appointed industry stalwart Maurice Kluge to the top job. Maurice Kluge, formerly head of property funds management at Allco, was appointed ...