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CFS appoints REST chief

... Investment Review Committee...and play a key role in any transaction decisions taken by our Property and Alternative Investments Group," said Negus. Cochrane is currently on the board of The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and ...

Russell re-shuffle to tap alternatives with $8bn more on board

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2006
Russell Investment Group is tapping into the alternative investments boom, hiring several new senior consultants to boost its Melbourne based institutional team while at the same time receiving $8 billion in new mandates. Andrew Goddard will take on ...

Super funds keep tills ringing at Harris Alternatives

... Alternatives is reaping the benefits of the growing number of institutions that are allocating more money into alternative investments. "There's definitely been a dramatic increase. Five years ago, when I first started talking to Australian investors ...

S&P to rate its raters

... Lynch Investment Management (MLIM). On top of that, the mounting sums of superannuation money going into alternative investments and international property and equity funds have added pressure on ratings agencies to provide broader and more rigorous ...

Alternatives go mainstream

Alternative investments are increasingly becoming mainstream, with 86 per cent of global institutional investors revealing plans to add hedge fund managers to their current portfolios and 67 per cent planning to hire private equity managers. The figures ...

Qld to dominate Future Fund board of guardians

... these sectors as either they or their institutions are strong advocates of the space. With private equity, alternative investments and direct property major drivers of alpha, these appointments should therefore be seen as welcome news for taxpayers who ...

Select's alternatives "recommended"

... for retail investors is that they can get access to a broad number of attractive, professionally managed alternative investments within a single product." Zenith also gave a vote of confidence based on SELECT's investment manager partnerships with Gottex ...

TWUSUPER throws weight behind alternatives

... changed, with the way we're going to achieve the returns Mercer has recommended a greater allocation to alternative investments, which we had very little by way of exposure to." The initial breakdown will be 2 per cent on global private equity, 3 per ...

Sunsuper in the midst of super growth spurt

... part of a recent strategic asset allocation review, Sunsuper now invests up to 15 per cent of assets into alternative investments in a bid to provide greater diversification and give members more opportunity to access greater return upside over the long ...

Sunsuper poach former asset consultants

... asset allocation and a former Intech asset consultant. The fund has appointed Michael Aked to focus on alternative investments and Corrin Collocott to focus on investment strategy. Prior to Sunsuper, Aked was at ING's OptiMix Investment Management and ...