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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 ...

LPTs expand as sentiment dips

... partly because as interest rates rise some investors are moving their money out of LPTs and into higher yielding alternative assets and Government bonds. At the end of June, the yield on the LPT sector was 5.7 per cent compared with the 10-year Government ...

FUM hits $1.4tr

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007

... cent during the year, up $48 billion. Following direct property is ethical/SRI which is up 53 per cent, and alternative assets which are up 46 per cent. Rainmaker said the changing structure for how managers work with each other in increasingly partnership-based ...

Balanced funds tip towards alternatives

... classes a balanced fund typically invests in found falling demand for fixed interest and a marked shift towards alternative assets. The survey looked at asset allocations for balanced funds in 2002 and how they compare to the ones today. The research ...

Private equity redefines mum-and-dad investing

... billion is changing the investment landscape, but not in the way most people think. Andrew Goddard, director in alternative assets and strategies at Russell Investment Group, has released a report this week addressing the $64,000 question: is the rise ...

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Super funds race to implement digital advice

VINNY VUCAGO

Australian superannuation funds are increasingly turning to digital advice tools to bridge the longstanding gap between members needs and access to affordable financial guidance, according to executives at wealth technology Bravura Solutions.

Musk's $106bn fundamental-defying IPO lands on Nasdaq

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

SpaceX has raised US$75 billion ($106.8bn) in the biggest-ever stock market debut, valuing Elon Musk's rocket and satellite company at US$1.77 trillion.

Quinbrook appoints Australian lead

VINNY VUCAGO

Energy transition infrastructure investor Quinbrook has appointed Tim Horneman as region leader for Australia, formalising his responsibility for the firm's local investment activities and business operations.

Former ASFA COO joins housing fund manager

MATTHEW WAI

The former chief operating officer of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has joined C1 Capital Group as chief investment and operating officer.

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