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Sovereign adds two principals

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... markets and spent several years as a member of the BT Fund Management's Investment Committee assessing alternative investments and risk management. Peterson then took a role as head of investment management at Commonwealth Bank and then a head of asset ...

Alaska fund drops alternatives mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... According to a press statement by the American fund, the board decided "not to move forward with two planned alternative investments in light of changes to the fund's value, and the need to balance toward core asset classes". The two funds that were ...

Gloves off ahead of APRA report

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... we haven't seen the bottom of this in terms of stress." AMP has also recruited three more people to its alternative investments team and partnered with private equity firm StepStone to spot new investment opportunities. Henaghan said that the fund's ...

New home for $58 billion

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... advisers rushed to cash products last year. New research released today titled Macquarie/Investment Trends Alternative Investments: Planner Repor t gave an insight on where planners and their clients intend to invest their money, currently sitting in ...

QSuper searches for CIO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... allocates funds towards domestic and international equities, Australian fixed interest, property, cash and alternative investments. Helen Davis, QSuper chief strategy officer, said initially, the fund's investment strategy would not change as a result ...

Superfund opens alternatives fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... Matthias Gaertner, SuperAlphaFund managing director, said the fund would meet investor's appetite for alternative investments. "The biggest global financial crisis since 1929 has forced financial advisers around the world to re-allocate asset and seriously ...

RREEF buys long short real estate stake

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
Deutsche bank's RREEF Alternative Investments bought a minority stake in US based long short real estate investment advisor, Rosen Real Estate Securities LLC. The deal means RREEF investors gain access to Rosen Real Estate Securities' products while ...

ARCH buys FPG stake

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... turn, the investment will boost ARCH's presence in Asia and the Middle East and provide a platform for its alternative investments product range. "FP Group provides a highly complementary platform in terms of business mix and geographical spread of clients," ...

AustSuper stays cautious

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... per cent. "We have a more cautious approach to investing," said Silk. AustralianSuper's allocation to alternative investments are is on the rise, with infrastructure gaining a 3 per cent lead from last year and now sits at 15 per cent. However high growth ...

HFs continue to outperform

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
... fund managers are slightly more optimistic about the future of US equities. For example, the Greenwich Alternative Investments Market Sentiment Indicator found 27 per cent are 'bullish' on US equities in October - which may be a small figure - is still ...