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High valuations drive insto investors to alternatives: BlackRock

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
2018 will see global institutional investors significantly ramping up allocations to alternatives and real assets in light of continuing low interest rates and high valuations for risk assets, according to BlackRock research. BlackRock's 2018 Global ...

US advisers shifting to international equities

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
... high-yield bonds, with only 6.1% of advisers planning to invest in this asset class. A large portion (21.5%) were eyeing alternatives or commodities, overtaking the demand for environmental, social and governance (ESG) products, which only 122 advisers ...

Global asset manager appoints Aussie managing director

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... Australia, and given their industry-leading offerings in global equities and across a broad range of diversifying alternatives, our affiliates are positioned to continue to generate strong returns for Australian clients going forward." With sales and ...

Alternatives manager acquired by listed startup incubator

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
An investment manager specialising in alternatives strategies for family offices and sophisticated investors was acquired by a listed startup incubator. Yonder and Beyond (YNB), which launched in 2014 and provides support services to startup businesses ...

Blue Sky scores major pension fund mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
... Australian market, in that we're the only diversified alternative asset manager." He added that opportunities for alternatives continue to grow in the Australian market, and that "our deal-flow pipeline has been going from strength to strength." Shand ...

Financial Standard launches the Investment Leadership Awards

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
... goals. "Investment management is going through a period of rapid innovation. The rise of indexed strategies, new alternatives to unit trust and AI-led stockpicking threaten to challenge age-old industry wisdom and convention," Rainmaker Information head ...

Deutsche Asset Management rebrands

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
... 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 coming into effect in the first ...

Investment bonds see seismic shift: Zenith

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
... towards more dynamic asset allocation that's flexible, with an increased range of non-correlated asset classes such as alternatives," Higgins said. While allocations to these strategies are clearly on the rise, Zenith also argued the single-sector approach ...

ETF fees to plunge: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
... investors - product development will involve launching new thematic ETFs, greater access to debt and investing in alternatives. ETFs will help new entrants defend against declining mutual fund inflows and will form as part of a product range that include ...

Leading asset consultant makes specialist hire from NAB

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
... banking with HSBC Global Banking and Markets in Vietnam. Commenting on Tran's appointment, Frontier head of debt, alternatives and innovation Justine O'Connell said: "In the current low yield investment environment our clients have implemented a range ...