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Life settlements open to Aussie investors

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
... to enter the $160 billion US life settlements market. The firm believes that life settlements present an alternative investment platform for institutional investors looking to diversify following jitters in traditional asset classes. "Asset Life, through ...

Planners set to Ignite the Difference

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
... includes a range of information sessions on marketing their business, effectively selling life insurance and alternative investment opportunities. For the first time a range of pre-conference workshops will allow financial planners to learn presentation ...

Grant Samuel buys Tribeca stake

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
Grant Samuel Funds Management has bought Octaviar's equity stake in boutique Australian equity fund manager, Tribeca Investment Partners. As a result, Grant Samuel has been appointed Tribeca's external distributor. "Our strategy is to align ourselves ...

Super funds to raise hedge fund weighting

... multi-strategy hedge funds. The findings came from a survey commissioned by the Australian Chapter of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the peak body for hedge funds, and conducted by the University of NSW Business School. According ...

Ben Davis bags CIMA scholarship

Zenith Investment Partners' Ben Davis is the latest recipient of the BlackRock-sponsored CIMA Scholarship for Retail Managed Funds and Master Trust Research Analysts. BlackRock said the Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) Program addresses ...

van Eyk reviews equity income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
... investment," said John Wong, van Eyk investment analyst. "[The firm] believes equity income strategies offer an alternative investment solution to investors who want stable income, conservative capital growth and investments that offer some defensive ...

ABN AMRO launches Altera

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
... via a single Australian dollar denominated product. "The product has been tailored for investors with an alternative investment strategy outside of the traditional asset classes," said Cordeiro. Linked to an emerging markets index, a global infrastructure ...

Alternative investment giant eyes Asia

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
Global alternative investment manager The Blackstone Group is launching a new event-driven strategy to milk opportunities in the Asia Pacific region. Blackstone Altius Advisors, which will be led by ex-Canvas Capital Management managing director Aaron ...

Instos change mandate strategies

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
The mandate hiring patterns of super funds and investors were on show in the latest Mercer report, which highlighted a renewed focus on currency management, the awarding of larger mandates and the growing popularity of alternative asset managers. According ...

AAI launches the Art Trust

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
Fine art is the next alternative investment to hit the market after an art specialist launched a new unit trust designed for institutional investors. Registered as a managed investment scheme, The Art Trust, adopts a unit trust structure and aims to ...