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Cbus snares head of debt from Perpetual

ELIZABETH FRY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
... illiquid credit as the $73.5 billion fund's debt portfolio hits over $1 billion. Reporting to head of debt and alternatives Linda Cunningham, Moal will have primary responsibility for day-to-day portfolio management and credit oversight for the fund's ...

WAM Leaders, AEG to merge

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
... consultation process announced on 16 February 2022, under which the AEG board and its advisors evaluated a range of alternatives with a view to maximise value for all AEG shareholders. WAM Leaders chair and chief investment officer Geoff Wilson said ...

HSBC hires from Antarctica Asset Management

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2022
HSBC has appointed Mathieu Forcioli as its global and Asia Pacific head of alternatives. Effective September, Forcioli joins the HSBC investments and wealth solutions team from Antarctica Asset Management in Hong Kong where he is currently the head ...

Vanguard terminates multi-factor active ETF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
... only amassed about $47 million in funds under management. As the responsible entity, Vanguard said it considered the alternatives but ultimately decided it was best to terminate the ETF. "The decision to terminate the fund is based on the fund's low ...

No place for crypto in insto portfolios: PGIM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
... Megatrends paper, investment professionals from across PGIM's fixed income, equity, real estate, private debt and alternatives businesses looked at the most common pro-crypto arguments and found there is little benefit to be gained by an institutional ...

Alternatives guru departs ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
... strategies at Sunsuper which recently merged with QSuper to create a $230 billion megafund. Before being appointed head of alternatives in 2019, he ran Sunsuper's liquid and diversification strategies that he established in 2007. "This was a hard ...

Super home buyer scheme fails to move the needle

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
... of wealth for many, surprisingly as a straight-up investment it's not so impressive when matched up against some alternatives, Dunnin put forward. Rainmaker analysis revealed in the 10 years to the end of 2021, the ABS eight city house index increased ...

Investors seek inflationary refuge in diversification strategies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
... emerging market debt and high-yield bonds. Private markets continued to attract interest as investors searched for alternatives to more traditional equity and fixed income allocations the report explained. This included niche alternatives such as trade ...

Franklin Templeton hires sales director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022
... critical depth to the team as we continue to offer an expanded suite of investment strategies, including the growth of alternatives capabilities." Also commenting, Franklin Templeton Australia and New Zealand managing director Matthew Harrison said ...

Integrated Portfolio Solutions offers Private Markets solution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2022
... dependent on market trends," Ellis said. He said it's not uncommon for HNWIs to have 20-50% of their portfolios held in alternatives. IPS currently administers $10 billion in assets, $3 billion of which is in alternative assets. The offering is a recognition ...