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Acadian launches multi-asset fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
... across and within global markets and will be available for institutional and wholesale investors seeking a defensive alternatives exposure. The fund aims to deliver a return above the S&P/ASX Bank Bill index with a targeted volatility of 6% over rolling ...

Crypto fund hires from Blue Sky

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
A new cryptocurrency fund has launched in Australia has appointed its chief investment officer from Blue Sky Alternatives. The Monochrome Bitcoin Fund, a unit trust aiming to provide institutional investors exposure to Bitcoin, launched last month. ...

Alternatives, equities dominate mandates

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
Not-for-profit superannuation funds appointed 377 mandates in the 12 months ending March, with alternatives and Australian equities winning the lion's share. By number, alternatives mandates were the popular (46% of 377), followed by equities (29%) ...

Preqin expands local team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
The alternatives research house has hired two on its Australian team, as it looks to expand its local data coverage. Mery Apolloni has joined as a senior research associate from S&P Global Market Intelligence and Tanzila Awrna has joined as a research ...

Mercer bolsters alternatives team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
Mercer has appointed an alternatives investment director for the Pacific region after seeing increased client interest for alternative assets in the region. Marcus De Kock joins from Mercer UK where he was a senior investment strategist in the Institutional ...

Aussie investors optimistic about returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... need to generate higher returns to achieve their retirement outcomes and potentially look to asset classes such as alternatives and real assets to generate higher returns in a low-yield environment. Some major concerns for Australian investors as they ...

Court orders new group definition in CBA advice class action

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... claimed Commonwealth Bank financial advisers put them in expensive CMLA life insurance policies instead of cheaper alternatives have been asked to work to a new group definition. The group proceedings were filed by Diana Tyrrell and Edward Thomas. They ...

J.P. Morgan AM acquires forestry manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
... Australia and New Zealand. J.P. Morgan AM chief executive George Gatch said this acquisition expands the firm's alternatives offering and demonstrates the desire to integrate sustainability into the business in a way that is meaningful. The investment ...

Advisers turn to ETFs during COVID

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... interest, REITs and international equities. Head of product and distribution Andy Stewart said advisers are looking for alternatives in this low interest rate environment and adjusting their portfolios where necessary. "When you think about the way planners ...

HSBC makes alternatives push

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
HSBC Asset Management is launching a single business unit dedicated to alternatives with $69 billion in assets, to be led by its current global chief investment officer. HSBC Asset Management announced it will combine its existing capabilities in the ...