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Instos to increase alternative strategies

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
Illiquid and alternative asset strategies will only increase across the institutional investment market in 2016 according to latest reports from BlackRock and Willis Towers Watson. A BlackRock survey of more than 170 of the firm's largest institutional ...

Kardinia appoints analyst from Telstra Super

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
Kardinia Capital has appointed a senior investment analyst. Stuart Larke joins the Bennelong Funds Management absolute return boutique from Telstra Super, where he was senior portfolio manager, Australian equities. He has also held roles at the Myer ...

Prime Super awards multi-asset mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
Prime Super has awarded a multi-asset mandate to a $110.5 billion global investment manager. Following on from Prime Super's insurance mandate with CommInsure on December 12, PineBridge Investments announced the super fund has made an allocation to ...

Martin Currie completes PK Investment Management deal

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016
Active equity manager Martin Currie has now received the necessary approvals to complete its acquisition of the assets and investment management team of London-based long/short Japanese equity boutique, PK Investment Management. Once the deal is completed ...

AB wins industry fund mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
An industry superannuation fund has appointed AllianceBernstein (AB) to manage an equity risk-management overlay strategy. AustSafe Super aims to increase risk-adjusted returns for its members by allocating a proportion of its international equities ...

Bennelong appoints distribution director from CFS

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
Bennelong Funds Management has appointed a new director distribution - national accounts. Jonas Daly joins Bennelong from Colonial First State where he held alliance fund management roles and oversaw distribution of FirstChoice multi-manager products. ...

Advice beats alpha as retirement income source

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
Financial advice, and not investment alpha, is what ultimately delivers better retirement incomes for superannuation fund members, SuperEd co-founder Jeremy Duffield said. "Advice can make a bigger difference to retirement income than investment management," ...

OneVue sees growth in RE services

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
OneVue group has seen a significant increase in the number of investment managers using its responsible entity (RE) services. OneVue RE Services has launched or transitioned seven new funds in 2015. They include the Clime International Fund, the Sanlam ...

New alternative beta fund answers hedge fund short-comings

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
Amid poor fixed income returns, the need for alternatives in today's portfolios is being recognised by mainstream investors. But high fees, a lack of transparency, little capacity in top performing products and inconsistent returns from skill based ...

Pengana aims to lead global small cap groundswell

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
Pengana hopes the new strategy it is offering through a partnership with the so-called Queen of Small Caps, Leah Zell's firm, Lizard Investors, resonates with investors as much as global mega-cap peers Magellan and Platinum. Pengana's director of distribution ...