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Select hedge fund partners Neuberger Berman

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... Select Investment Partners has appointed Neuberger Berman Australia as an investment advisory for its Select Alternatives Portfolio. The group said the partnership would enhance its research capability, adding that it was considering improving liquidity ...

Alternatives need new thinking: QIC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... of alternative investments, adding that investors should be looking at "something in between" for their alternatives portfolio. "You don't know which of the alternatives is going to be what saves the day," Dick said. According to him investors therefore ...

Instos must reassess alternatives portfolios

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
Australian funds should be looking at customised solutions and beta replication, according to a $10 billion global manager, as the way in which institutional investors want to own alternative assets continues to evolve in a fee-constrained world. US ...

AvSuper awards double alternatives mandate

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
AvSuper is poised to deliver two $20 million investment mandates to managers for its growth alternatives portfolio and has appointed a new investment officer. The fund is in the process of mandating Coller Capital and Siguler Guff to invest in private ...

Alt assets fund deals with adviser concerns

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
... actually kept ourselves in the fund. That can be run by a cash manager," said Chris Thompson, Advance's alternatives portfolio manager. The fund, aimed at wholesale investors, will be launched in August with the assistance of New York-based manager Ramius ...

UCSuper makes debut in infrastructure

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... Management. Neil Kent, general manager of UCSuper, said the infrastructure holdings will be added to the fund's alternatives portfolio, across four of the funds' member investment choice options. The new allocation to members' investment choices will ...

NAB Super restructures alternatives portfolio

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
NAB Super joins the growing number of funds that are cutting their Australian equities exposure and finetuning their alternatives assets portfolios. The corporate fund made tactical changes to its asset allocation in conjunction with its asset consultant ...

Maritime restructures asset classes, doubles insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
The $3 billion Maritime Super combined its listed and direct property investments under one asset class, merged its absolute return and alternatives portfolios and doubled its insurance cover for members as part of a fund review this year. The trustee ...

AvSuper awards hedge fund mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... Canberra-based AvSuper, said the $50 million mandates are part of the funding for the super fund's defensive alternatives portfolio. Fauchier Partners will have $25 million invested in its absolute return trust, while another $25 million will be poured ...

MLC appoints former Fidelity global CIO

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... specialist and former UBS O'Connor and PanAgora Asset Management investment manager Stefano Cavaglia as alternatives portfolio manager.