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RREEF expands client relations

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
... Pacific region, which has been experiencing strong and steady growth off the back of increasing demand for alternative investments," said Kurt Roeloffs, chief executive officer, RREEF Asia Pacific.

Industry funds not holding up transfers: AIST

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
... complaints earlier this year by some industry funds against the retail segment. Funds that have illiquid alternative investments may also find it difficult to calculate valuations instantaneously, said Penny Walster, Rainmaker's head of data services. ...

Instos to buy more alternatives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
... investors will continue to pour more money into private equity and real estate, according to a new report on alternative investments. The annual Russell Investments Survey on Alternative Investing report surveyed 326 institutions with more than A$1 billion ...

All aboard SimCorp Xpress

... Australian-based fund managers after software specialist SimCorp expanded XpressInstruments, a software module for alternative investments. Visiting Australia last week, SimCorp's global chief executive Peter Ravn, said that expanding XpressInstruments ...

HSBC brings alts business Down Under

... joins the growing list of alternatives specialists in Australia with its newly established business, HSBC Alternative Investments Limited (HAIL). HAIL Australia will distribute funds of hedge funds (FOHFs) to local wholesale investors and cater for institutional ...

Future fund appoints another private equity expert

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
... intended to hire further specialists in infrastructure and real estate. Reflecting the opportunities within alternative investments, a Deutsche Bank report, Alternative Investments In Perspective, found alternative assets, including private equity and ...

Alt assets boom in uncertain times

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
... delivered higher returns than the traditional offerings of stocks and bonds," he said. According to the paper, Alternative Investments In Perspective, over the past 10 years a portfolio that included alternative strategies fared better than a traditional ...

Intech alt fund posts 16pc

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
... per cent late last year, but underperformed the MSCI World Index from February to May this year. Head of alternative investments, Michael Coop, said the fund's success during the recent sub-prime crisis proved the fund's effectiveness in a volatile environment. ...

More rich get richer

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
... internationalising their investment portfolios and, over time re-balancing their asset allocations in favour of alternative investments, equities and fixed income.

Skandia gives multi-managers mandates

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2007
... made earlier this year to the company's diversified multi-manager funds, which place a greater focus on alternative investments and other asset classes with a low correlation with traditional assets. Skandia also recently implemented a centralised portfolio ...