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Hedge funds fall out of favour with instos: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
New EY research shows investors are turning away from hedge funds and looking to private equity assets to uphold their alternatives portfolio. While hedge funds currently have the lion's share (40%) of institutional investors' alternatives portfolios ...

BlackRock outlines ETF plans for Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... present in and definitely put resource against," he says. Core exposure ETFs are the products that will be attractive to instos, he said at the Bloomberg ETF Conference yesterday. "In the independent [financial adviser] space, I think over the time you ...

Pinnacle expands distribution team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... launching a wholesale infrastructure fund, as the global manager eyes the Aussie wholesale market after years of focusing on instos. In July, Pinnacle splashed $50 million on acquisitions, paying $4 million for a 40% equity stake in Omega Global Investors. ...

Aussie instos back world-first blockchain bond

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
Seven institutional investors have backed the world's first blockchain bond developed by Commonwealth Bank and the World Bank. First State Super, NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp), Treasury Corporation of Victoria, CBA, QBE and SAFA signed on as ...

BetaShares wins insto allocation

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... at the time of its launch. Exchange-traded funds have traditionally attracted adviser or self-driven investors more than instos. BetaShares chief executive Alex Vynokur says institutional investors make up about 15-20% of its $5.7 billion in funds under ...

Swiss asset manager eyes Aussie instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
A Swiss asset manager is offering two new sustainable infrastructure strategies with a combined capacity of about $1.7 billion to Australian institutional investors as it builds out its APAC presence. SUSI Partners currently has about $1.4 billion in ...

Aussie instos buy ex-US value story

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
The top US-based international equities fund manager for 2017 believes value stocks are best found outside its home nation. Rated by Morningstar's US office as the top international stock fund manager last year, Causeway Capital dedicates its recent ...

Instos partner with Canadian government

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
Several global institutional investors representing more than $7 trillion in assets have joined with the Canadian government to invest in gender equality and infrastructure in emerging and frontier markets. In partnership with the Canadian government ...

Artificial intelligence to become commonplace at instos

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2018
... meaningful adoption of artificial intelligence will occur within the respective businesses over the next two years. Local instos are more bullish on AI than Singapore and Hong Kong-based clients, the global custodian notes, saying the Asia Pacific counterparts ...

Private debt attractive for instos: Sahota

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... it has stronger structural protections like covenants than in the US and Europe markets, where the competition between instos has driven down the use of covenants -a trend that may result in profound losses if the cycle turns, according to Revolution. ...