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Boutique behemoth in the making

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
... invest in infrastructure and resources, further attract the very best investment managers in the liquid and illiquid alternatives space and deliver tailor made investment solutions to our investors." Over the last 10 years, the search for uncorrelated ...

Aussie investors calm about next 12 months

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
... highest allocation to cash (27%), followed by equities (25%), real estate property/funds (18%), fixed income (16%), alternatives (9%) and gold/precious metals (5%). About half of the 1000 Aussie respondents had income of $80,000 a year or less. The largest ...

WAM names prospective Blue Sky LIC team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... the name of Andrew Siew from its investment management team to oversee the managements of the underlying Blue Sky Alternatives Access Fund portfolio. Siew has 22 years of experience in investment markets, specialising in private equity and alternatives ...

Superannuation funds ramp up co-investment opportunities

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... real estate compared to global counterparts, new research shows. Preqin's Australian Superannuation Funds in Alternatives report finds partnerships in the form of joint ventures, consortiums and co-investments have been rising across the industry ...

BlackRock appoints regional head

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... firm's long-term growth strategy for China, and has been a key voice in our strategy for retirement, wealth, alternatives and sustainable investing. Geraldine has the business expertise we need to drive our business forward," Fink said. Stork joined ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... more stringent regulatory requirements. Consequently, inventories of cash bonds reduced and investors searched for alternatives. That's when ETFs opened an avenue to the fixed income market, Stack says. It was during the "deep dark days" of the GFC ...

Future Fund appoints to board

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... advantage of a shorter-term economic outlook which it says looks positive. Last week, Financial Standard reported on two alternatives mandates appointed by the fund as its increased its exposure to the asset class.

Hedge funds fall out of favour with instos: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... 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 ...

Future Fund boosts alternatives assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... market. Australia's sovereign wealth fund increased its allocation in private equity to 14.1% (FY17: 12%) and alternatives to 15.3% (FY17: 14.8%) over the course of the 2018 financial year, its annual report shows. New York-based Key Square Capital ...

Pinnacle drops fees in Blue Sky fund bid

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
Pinnacle has knocked off performance fees from its bid to manage the Blue Sky Alternatives Access Fund, bringing it in line with Wilson Asset Management's bid, according to LIC's directors. The two managers have put in proposals to gain the ...