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Super reform impacts AMP results

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... flows of $83 million in Japan were driven by institutional flows into AMP Capital's global debt and equity infrastructure funds. AMP Capital closed Q1 17 with $165.7 billion in funds under management, up 6% on the same period last year. Looking forward ...

Pension fund embraces managed accounts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... diversified private equity funds with various strategies; diversified investments in mainly core, brownfield infrastructure funds in developed countries; and diversified core real estate investments mainly in developed countries and Japan. Under its ...

Japan to drive real assets globally

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
... infrastructure debt is likely to benefit as the appetite for alternatives continues to rise; in 2009 just 6% of infrastructure funds completed fundraising, compared to almost 25% in 2015. AMP Capital global head of infrastructure debt Andrew Jones said ...

Listed infrastructure has winners and losers

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... points between the best and worst performers within both the hedged and unhedged groups. For hedged listed infrastructure funds, the average return over one year was 2%, with a maximum return of 14.1% and a minimum return of -11.1%. In contrast, over ...

Fees still an issue for alternatives: WTW

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
... Australian managers are Macquarie Group, IFM Investors, AMP Capital (for both Direct Real Estate Funds and Direct Infrastructure Funds), Platinum Asset Management, Charter Hall, Lend Lease, Colonial First State Global Asset Management, QIC and Hastings ...

Fidante manager closes $400m industrial water fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016
... compelling way of marrying attractive risk-adjusted returns with delivering socially useful outcomes. Generalist infrastructure funds have historically overlooked this area, mainly because projects are considered too small and bespoke. "However, we are ...

RARE Infrastructure joins mFund

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
RARE Infrastructure, an affiliate of Legg Mason, has added two new infrastructure funds to ASX's Settlement Service, bringing the total number of funds available to 161. Ian Irvine, head of customer and business development at ASX, said that as an asset ...

Volatility driving SMSF diversification

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... from 46% in 2015." The push for diversification saw an increase in investments in commercial property and infrastructure funds. The research also revealed that the majority (51%) of trustees now using managed funds, up 2% from 2015. "Trustees are telling ...

Frontier Advisors appoints infra specialist

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... Stringer, a 30-year veteran, and with chief executive Damian Moloney - a former long standing chief executive of infrastructure funds manager IFM. Moloney said the appointment will bring a range of skills to the role, and "[Peter's] ability to consider ...

SMSFs and infrastructure a good investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... parcels - our recommended figure was $25,000 - or infrastructure bonds. Another possibility is ASX-listed infrastructure funds. Whatever the mechanism, it should be remembered that SMSF trustees prefer to invest directly with total SMSF investment in ...