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UBS, Insight IM win Future Fund mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... manage the venture and growth portfolio. Schonfeld Strategic Advisors and Dymon Asia Capital are new managers to the alternatives multi-strategy (relative value). Wellington Investment Management added an alternatives macro-directional mandate to its ...

Willis Towers Watson director departs for LIC

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... company's share price to trade at a premium to its pre-tax NTA. It comes after shareholders of embattled Blue Sky Alternatives Access Fund (previously listed on the ASX under the ticker code BAF) voted overwhelmingly in favour of the investment company ...

Super-backed company develops COVID treatment

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... Hostplus had been supporting the commercialisation of medical advances through its investments with Brandon Capital and alternatives asset manager MH Carnegie. Through these managers, Hostplus currently invests in various early-stage biomedical companies ...

Sunsuper adds long/short to Aussie equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... long/short's utility in global equities allocations in the future, and already uses market neutral strategies in its alternatives portfolio. One value add for Sunsuper in implementing the long/short strategy is, it can use its current stock lending ...

AXA IM country head exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... long-serving employee, was appointed as head of client group for the core business unit in August. The newly established alternatives business encompasses real assets, structured finance and hedge fund business Chorus. Ben Taylor was named director of ...

S&P launches sustainable versions of flagship indices

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... and tobacco. In addition, BlackRock's iShares selected and licensed the indices to deliver sustainable investing alternatives for its exchange-traded funds in the US. iShares global head of product at BlackRock Carolyn Weinberg said she was excited to ...

AMP tops worst-performing super funds list

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
... Balanced, which returned between 1.4% p.a. and 2.9% p.a. The best aggressive growth funds were: Prime Super's Alternatives (9% p.a.), Unisuper's Sustainable High Growth (9% p.a.) and High Growth (8.7% p.a.), Cbus' High Growth and Hostplus' ...

Industry, APRA mull super merger costs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
... their reserves wiped out overnight. As such, Nance confirmed that some industry participants are currently discussing alternatives with APRA. "A few of us are talking to APRA about finding a lower cost option, particularly for smaller funds to move into ...

Real opportunity for super funds in private assets: Schroders

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
While COVID-19 may have changed the shape of Australian investing, Schroders alternatives director Claire Smith believes there is plenty of opportunity in the private asset market. Smith, speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees ...

Industry fund reveals new mandates

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... Rainmaker. Finally, Colchester Global Investors has also seen more money, with the fund confirming it has increased an alternatives mandate held with manager. At the same time, it has terminated a mandate with Aberdeen Standard Investments. When it comes ...