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Family offices look to infrastructure for alpha

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
Family offices are increasingly allocating to infrastructure and shunning more risky alternatives such as venture capital and hedge funds, a new BlackRock report shows. Infrastructure will be a pivotal alpha-generating strategy for family offices this ...

Don't discount Vietnam: Dragon Capital

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
Having dropped by 34% last year, the Vietnam stock market is now seeing very attractive valuations, according to investment manager Dragon Capital. Dragon Capital, which manages the largest and oldest Vietnam-focused fund, Vietnam Enterprise Investments ...

Ariel Investments launches EM portfolios in Australia

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
... access the expertise of Ariel's team who have a proven ability to identify compelling opportunities to capitalise on valuation dislocations," he said. "This skill can only be gained after years of experience successfully investing in some of the ...

Absolute-return bond funds fail ambitious returns: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... heatmap test. "PM Capital is an opportunistic credit-oriented manager that had good preparedness to take advantage of valuation opportunities arising from the coronavirus pandemic. With its stronger focus on credit, PM Capital was not immune from drawdowns ...

Qualitas signs $1bn credit mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
A global institutional investor will incrementally drip $1 billion into Australian commercial real estate (CRE) private credit opportunities via Qualitas. The unnamed investor will make investments in tranches, starting with $220 million to be seeded ...

SQM reveals top, worst rated ASX200 equities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
... to identify investment opportunities in the medium to long term. Each ASX200 company is sub-rated on three factors: valuation, quality and momentum. The overall rating is an equal weighting of the three. The ratings are overseen by analyst Otto Reith ...

Venture capital rout rattles advice technology sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
The recent collapses of local financial advice startups Creativemass and TIQK indicate that the freewheeling days of venture capital funding is drawing to an end. Creativemass, a financial services software provider used by the likes of AMP and Bombora ...

Infrastructure an asset class for all seasons: IFM

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
The role of infrastructure in portfolios will continue to be a prominent theme for asset allocators this year, as will increased consideration of social factors, according to new report by IFM Investors. The report, titled Infrastructure Outlook 2023 ...

UniSuper awards private debt mandate to Revolution AM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023
UniSuper has selected Revolution Asset Management to manage an Australian and New Zealand private debt portfolio. Revolution Asset Management's separately managed portfolio, established earlier this year, has been actively allocating capital to ...

It's not 2008, but there's likely more pain ahead: Iggo

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023
While it's not quite a repeat of the Global Financial Crisis, AXA IM's Chris Iggo has warned there may be more problems ahead as investors reconsider their holdings in banks and related assets. AXA IM's chief investment officer said the risk is also ...