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Robeco launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... factor investing - in credits, equities, commodities, currencies - in an absolute return structure. "This liquid alternatives strategy has low correlation with traditional asset classes resulting in an ideal addition in portfolio construction." Robeco ...

Future Fund returns 1.9% for the quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... equities at 10%, private equity at 15.8%, property at6.7%, infrastructure and timberland at7.1%, debt securities at 9%, alternatives at 13.7% and cash at 11.4%. "The board remains alert to the uncertain outlook for global growth and the potential for ...

No one reads the PDS: ASIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... had expired into new term deposits. The 'new' term deposits had significantly lower interest rates than available alternatives - for example, at-call accounts." Disclosure requirements, the report concluded, are viewed by some in the industry as a hurdle ...

Fidante signs US alternatives manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019
An American fund manager has teamed up with Challenger's Fidante Partners to market its funds down under, as it sees Australian demand for alternative strategies rise. Los Angeles's Ares Management Corporation manages over US $142 billion across three ...

Super fund cuts fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... year the fund created a chief investment officer role, which was filled by former VicSuper head of real assets and alternatives, Kevin Wan Lum.

Crunch time for boutique funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... take on new managers in traditional strategies] but they still have a lot of capacity in global opportunities and alternatives such as private markets, private credit, infrastructure, property and real assets." But even securing a committed distribution ...

Challenger appoints funds management boss

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2019
... Kapstream, Ardea and Bentham Asset Management, and has boutique partners in Australian equities, global equities and alternatives. Earlier this year, it attracted UBS Asset Management's small caps team as they looked to start a boutique after the firm ...

What Future Fund looks for in managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... investment managers. Its total investments in private equity, private debt, property, infrastructure, timberland and alternatives accounted for about 45% of the portfolio at June end. Returns for the main fund for FY19 were 11.5%. Norris added that the ...

Statewide still keen on mergers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... funds, master trusts or corporate super funds as potential merger partners. Statewide is also open to considering alternatives to successor fund transfer. "The structure of how you execute a merger [whether it is a successor fund transfer or an extended ...

Beware dodgy auditors, sudden CFO moves: Plato

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
... explained that a recent example of an Australian company triggering six red flags in the Plato system was Blue Sky Alternatives. One of those red flags was the sudden resignation of the company's chief financial officer. "There could be good reasons ...