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Funds SA portfolio manager leaves, team to expand

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... South Australian public sector fund is bidding farewell to a long-standing portfolio manager who looked after its alternatives portfolio. Clive Boyce managed Funds SA's private equity, infrastructure and opportunistic property investments, starting in ...

The joys of an independent board

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... AIC communications director Annabel-Brodie Smith. For Allianz Technology (ATT) chairman Robert Jeens and Henderson Alternatives Strategies Trust (HAST) chair Richard Gubbins, recent board-driven moves to tiered fee structures for investors are an example ...

Sargon Capital acquires Decimal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
... also acquired Madison Financial Group in April. Decimal said Sargon's offer is superior to all other available alternatives, with the Decimal board unanimous in recommending its shareholders vote in favour of the acquisition. Sargon chief executive ...

Aussie super asset allocation "riskier": Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... still invest predominantly in equities and bonds, UBS said it expected the trend of increasing allocations towards alternatives would continue as pension funds move to diversify their investments. However, the trend of Australia's super industry ...

Advice firm partners for lending expertise

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... providers other than the big banks. "Consumers in growing numbers are seeking more competitive products, pricing and alternatives when it comes to home loans, business finance, leases and so on to address their individual and commercial financing needs," ...

Sovereign investors change tack: Invesco

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
... anticipated by sovereign investors, and as such we expect them to continue diversifying into new asset classes including alternatives," Pan said. "This year's study also revealed an increasing sophistication in the asset allocation of central banks ...

Asset manager hires insto sales director

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... appointments to its distribution team. Felicity Walsh was promoted to FTI Australia's head of institutional and alternatives from her previous role as the manager's head of its Australian business.

Mercantile takeover of private equity fund moves ahead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... company and this continues to be the case. Over that time, the board has consistently commented that it was open to alternatives to that winding down process," Brunsdon said. "The portfolio value and share-market price now have the potential to be quite ...

Franklin Templeton appoints two distribution heads

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... actuarial analyst. She starts in the newly-created role on July 2. FTI has also promoted the head of its Australian alternatives business to the head of institutional and alternatives. Felicity Walsh will focus on delivering the investment capabilities ...

BNP Paribas wins $378bn admin mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... Deutsche Asset Management's business lines - institutional and retail segments and across its active, passive and alternatives range - will unite under one umbrella and operate autonomously under a new legal structure from the first quarter of 2018. ...