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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 ...

Melbourne boutique raising $70m for new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... former JBWere executive is raising $70 million for a new fund. Impact Investment Group's latest fund, the Impact Alternatives Fund, is targeting 6% to 10% per year in returns (before tax but after fees), of which 3% to 5% will be income distributed quarterly. ...

WAM wins Blue Sky bid, appoints directors

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
Shareholders of embattled alternatives investments company Blue Sky have voted in favour of joining the Wilson Asset Management stable at an extraordinary general meeting held yesterday afternoon. The investment company's name will be changed to WAM ...

Instos dial up alternatives allocations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... Research reveals nearly half (40%) of the 459 participants it surveyed between June and July will ramp up allocations to alternatives over the next three to five years. Diversification was the main reason alternative assets look attractive to the majority ...

Future Fund posts negative year, cashes up

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... equities, 15.2% in private equity, 5.8% in property, 7.1% in infrastructure and timberland, 8% in debt, 12.9% in alternatives and 17% in cash. Comparing this to March end's asset allocation, the portfolio's weighting of cash increased significantly (by ...

NPS buffers COVID-19 shocks

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... the investing world. In the six months to June NPS posted 0.5%, buoyed by investments in global fixed income and alternatives, which returned 7.9% and 4.24% respectively on a year-to-date basis. NPS invests heavily in domestic fixed income as 43% of ...

QIC portfolio manager moves to Funds SA

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
The $34 billion public investment manager has hired a new portfolio manager for debt and liquid alternatives from QIC. Petar Bogdanovic spent 15 years at QIC, working in a variety of roles across fixed interest portfolio management, interest rate strategy ...

Evans & Partners explore open-ended funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... Company will give further consideration to the advantages and disadvantages of the proposed changes, as well as other alternatives, before putting a proposal to unit holders.

Alternative assets are the new bonds: JPMAM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... given market is also critical." They encouraged investors to think in terms of outcomes when they're constructing alternatives portfolios. "Are they seeking solutions that will deliver income or strong diversification or return enhancement or downside ...

Sunsuper announces investment, insurance changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... Sunsuper will close its Capital Guaranteed Investment option. It will also change the name of its Hedge Funds and Alternatives Strategies asset class to simply Alternative Strategies from 1 October 2020. Elsewhere, the definition of TPD has been updated ...