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Russell appoints two to senior insto roles

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2007
Russell Investment Group has announced the appointment of a senior consultant to the alternative assets and strategies team and welcomed a senior consultant to the actuarial and benefits team. Peter Worcester joins Russell's Melbourne office as senior ...

ING opens up alternatives

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
... Investments, said the new fund is tailored to meet the needs of advisers who are increasingly using or recommending alternative assets for their clients. "Clients are becoming more sophisticated, and there is demand for different tools and products to ...

Alternative goes mainstream as long-only dies

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2007
... funds moving some of their assets away from benchmark-sensitive approaches to make meaningful allocations to alternative assets and absolute-return products. In addition, a growing number of defined benefit and insurance funds are turning to the bond ...

Global pension fund assets hit A$30 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2007
... trends a levelling off in the growth of the equity content and a turning point in which both bond allocation and alternative assets are set to grow. "We are also seeing funds increasing their allocation targets for active investment management and alpha-seeking ...

BT setting a new course in alternatives

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2007
BT Financial has almost doubled its multi-manager alternative assets allocation and seeded a new AQR fund, which contributes uncorrelated alpha to the portfolio while reducing overall risk. Announcing the changes, Stewart Brentnall, head of BT's Investment ...

Big plans for Adelaide Managed Funds

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2007
... of investment banks. Macquarie Bank and Citigroup lead the market. They are investment vehicles that combine alternative assets, hedging strategies, capital guarantees and gearing in packages that aim to produce high yields with limited downside risk. ...

Alternatives appetite triggers Russell re-shuffle

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2006
Russell Investment Group has reshuffled its Australian alternative assets team and brought on board a new team member in response to the increasingly aggressive appetite of Australian superannuation funds for alternative investments. Russell's director ...

Statewide boosts investment team

... officer, Frances Magill, said the chief reason behind the appointment was the number of direct investments and alternative assets the fund hold. "We've recognised now that we are with Access Economics and more time has been spent on direct investing ...

Space-Time Research attracts VCs

... for quality VC investments has intensified as superannuation funds increase their investment allocation to alternative assets including private equity. Michelle Baltazar

Two key roles filled for ipac

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2006
... outgoing head of ipac investment services, Steven Hall, who has accepted a partnership role with a boutique alternative assets business. Both Hall and Dutton remain on ipac's investment committee. Chief executive officer of ipac, Peeyush Gupta, said ...