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Emerging markets for the win: ABDO

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
... positive absolute return over any 12-month period, by investing in equities, bonds, currency exposures and occasionally, alternatives. It's absolute return strategy (in pounds) has met this objective 93% of the times in its 18-year-long history. Campbell ...

QIC acquires European airport stake

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
... Dutch pension giant to acquire 36% of a European airport. The APG-QIC consortium transaction sees the Brisbane-based alternatives manager and the Dutch pension fund investor take a 16.8% interest in the Brussels airport. The consortium also consists ...

Janus Henderson operations head departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... investment capabilities: fixed interest, Kapstream (also fixed interest), global natural resources and diversified alternatives. On top of this are four global funds: emerging markets, equity income, equity and global fixed interest.

BlackRock launches Australian bond fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... income passive solutions. We believe investors can future-proof portfolios by considering sustainable investment alternatives," he said. BlackRock Australasia head and managing director Dominik Rohe said: "Our goal is to be at the forefront of sustainable ...

Why this HNW adviser avoids hedge funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
A prominent high-net-worth financial adviser is aiming to have 7-10% of his clients' portfolios in alternatives as the markets mature but he's eschewing hedge funds and picking private assets instead. Charlie Viola is a partner at Pitcher Partners where ...

Infrastructure fund plans SMSF raise

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
... infrastructure assets like airports and toll roads is planning to raise $50 million in March. Former Telstra Super head of alternatives Nicole Connolly's Infrastructure Partners Investment Fund clubs together money from smaller investors (minimum ...

Zurich awards $100m passive mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
... growth fund) is: 32% to Aussie equities, 26% to international equities, 24% to diversified fixed interest, 9% to alternatives, 5% to REITs and 4% to cash. DWS manages more than $177 billion in passively managed portfolios for clients. It's Australia ...

Challenger adds new boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
Challenger's multi-boutique asset management business has taken a minority stake in a new alternatives manager. Fidante Partners will take over the distribution and marketing of London-based FME Asset Management (Financial Markets Engineering), in line ...

QIC appoints managing director

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... CBD/Chatswood Chase Sydney asset swap transaction with GIC," Kelley said in company filings this morning. QIC manages alternatives (like infrastructure, real estate, private capital, liquid strategies and multi-asset investments) for institutional investors ...

HNWs to embrace alternatives in 2019: Fund manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
A boutique investment firm plans to allocate much of the $175 million it raised in 2018 to alternatives, anticipating family offices and private wealth advisers will increasingly do the same. Spire Capital raised $175 million in aggregate for three ...