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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 ...

Janus Henderson pulls out of Aussie equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
... fixed interest investment desks (Janus Henderson Investors and Kapstream), global natural resources and diversified alternatives. These domestic offerings are complemented by our global suite of funds in Global Emerging Markets, Global Equity Income ...

Ironbark dumps investment manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... unlikely to benefit investors over the long term. Ironbark is dropping K2 Advisors as manager of its Global Diversified Alternatives Fund, stating K2 failed to achieve the specified objectives of the fund - cash plus 4%. K2 has managed the fund since ...

Alternatives an antidote to volatility: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
As volatility continues to plague the equity markets, alternatives are attracting investors with solid income streams and stability amid the uncertainty. The inaugural J.P. Morgan Global Alternatives Outlook, which surveyed global chief executives ...

Ethical investments top mandate appointments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... Infrastructure (up 23%), international property (up 21%) and hedge funds (up 19%) rounded out the top five. Allocations to alternatives also grew to now account for close to half of all new mandate appointments at 44%. The funds allocated to the asset ...

Future Fund investment specialist joins Funds SA

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... has joined Funds SA in a role that opened up in October. Cameron Sinclair joined Funds SA as the director of growth alternatives, a role where he responsible for more than $3 billion in assets. Sinclair had been at the Future Fund since 2010. He previously ...

Private markets attractive for global institutions: BlackRock

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... clients navigate a more challenging environment as the economic cycle turns. "We have been emphasising the potential of alternatives to boost returns and improve diversification for some time, so we're not surprised to see clients increasing allocations ...