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La Trobe scoops global awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
Fund manager La Trobe Financial was awarded with two prizes at the International Alternative Investment Review (IAIR) Global Awards for its wealth management, brokerage and asset management, the fund manager announced. The Australian-based fund was ...

Alternative funds delivering: van Eyk

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
Research house van Eyk said yesterday that the better alternative investments funds are successfully protecting investors from falls in equity markets and diversifying portfolios. van Eyk has just released an additional 10 fund ratings in the Alternatives ...

HOSTPLUS to become a PST

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... which first require changes to its legal structure - to provide SMSFs and the planning industry alike with alternative investment options. While super funds did not have the legal structure to take money from other super funds - only from individuals ...

New hires in AuSuper's internal team

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
AustralianSuper has beefed up its internal investment team with four new hires, who will oversee Australian equities, infrastructure, property and investment operations at the $55 billion industry super fund. The fund said that the four senior investment ...

AMP adds hedge fund specialists to alts team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
AMP Capital has appointed Dr Alistair Rew and Celine Nguyen as portfolio managers to its alternatives investment team. Prior to joining AMP last week, Rew worked for more than eight years at XL Group in New York, London and Sydney reaching the position ...

Ex-Ascalon boss starts at BlackRock

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... lead the company's push to become a leader in alternative investments in Australia. "In today's markets, alternative investment strategies have a greater role to play in institutional and personal portfolios," said Justin Arter, head of BlackRock in ...

New multi-sector portfolio manager for Perpetual

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
Perpetual Investments today announced the appointment of Robert Graham-Smith as a Portfolio Manager/Senior Analyst to its multi-sector team. Graham-Smith's arrival adds to the nine strong multi-sector investment team based in Sydney. Graham-Smith will ...

Coming in 2014: Aussie recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... degree at Copenhagen University and has 25 years plus of experience in the field of proprietary trading and alternative investment. So when the Sydney Morning Herald quotes him saying that, "I think we will have a huge drop in GDP (gross domestic product) ...

Four funds added to AMP Flexible Super

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
Demand for more asset classes and investment strategies have seen four funds added to AMP's Flexible Super's investment options. Kapstream Absolute Return Income, Magellan Global, PIMCO Australian Focus and Super Easy Alternative have all been added ...

Tyndall strengthens investment team

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... focus on the development of investment strategies and their positioning for the firm's debt, credit and alternative investment offerings. "Vince has a well respected reputation in financial services in Australia and he will support the further development ...