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Sovereign wealth funds increase investment horizons, private market exposure

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2022
... allocations are 27% (down from 30%) while equity allocations are at 32% (up from 28%). Further, allocations to illiquid alternatives continued to climb steadily; sovereign investors now have an average of 26% of their portfolio designated to alternative ...

Link Group offloads PEXA stake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2022
... takeover offer which Link's board rejected. In the event of the scheme not proceeding, Link said it would evaluate alternatives for the business, engaging with applicable regulators, including the ATO, in relation to a potential in-specie distribution ...

Equipsuper investment chief on re-energising his team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022
... attract top professionals like an operations expert, a ESG specialist and two senior portfolio managers covering alternatives and real assets? We believed it was extremely important to ensure that we attracted the right candidates to join the team, so ...

Westpac updates on strategic priorities

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022
... termination of the sale agreements with Kina Bank for the group's Pacific businesses, the bank said it has considered alternatives and now considers it unlikely it'll be able to sell the Pacific businesses in the short to medium term. Westpac added that ...

Aviva Investors appoints head of APAC

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022
... distribution Scott Callander. Surrency joins from Franklin Templeton, where he served as head of private markets and alternatives in the APAC region, and was a member of its APAC executive committee. Prior to Franklin Templeton, Richard was chief executive ...

Challenger launches new alternatives fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
Challenger has launched the Challenger Solutions Liquid Alternatives Balanced Fund, seeking to deliver positive absolute returns in excess of the cash rate, regardless of the market environment. The fund is managed by Challenger's newly formed Solutions ...

Future Fund proves resilience to market shocks

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
... allocation, Australian equities weightings increased from 8.1% to 8.3%, private equity increased from 17.2% to 18.2%, and alternatives rose from 17.8% to 18.4%. Global equities fell from 20.4% to 20.3%, and cash dropped from 12.1% to 9.7%. Future Fund ...

Jameson TTB links with family office

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
Jameson TTB and the Buxton Family Office have formed a strategic partnership to help grow the alternatives manager. The Buxton Family Office will provide funding as an underwriter to future deals and transactions, enabling Jameson TTB, which was formerly ...

Fidante revamps brand, online offering

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022
... outflows primarily reflect redemptions across fixed income managers partially offset by net inflows across equity and alternatives strategies. Fidante outlined that ist currently has 17 investment manager partnerships covering a wide range of asset classes. ...

Link seeks to offload Fund Solutions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022
... Link's board rejected this proposal saying that it in the event of the scheme not proceeding, Link would evaluate alternatives for the business, including an in specie distribution of a minimum of 80% of Link Group's shareholding in PEXA.