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Performance fees drive Janus Henderson post-merger revenues

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
... equities, 98% of its fixed income, 87% of its quantitative equities assets, and 89% and 100% of its multi-asset and alternatives strategies respectively outperformed their benchmark per annum on a five-year basis. Commenting on the results in a joint ...

BlackRock names head of financial institution

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
... environment." BlackRock's latest research forecasts global institutional investors will significantly ramp up allocations to alternatives and real assets in 2018. In its Global Institutional Rebalancing Survey, 224 institutional clients with US$7 trillion ...

JANA wins $30bn public sector mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... Frontier Advisors (25.5%, $243.3bn) and Willis Towers Watson (23.6%, $225.7bn). The Rainmaker report also shows that alternatives mandates accounted for 63% of JANA's new mandates, twice the ratio of other asset consultants during the 12 months to 30 ...

Future Fund manager joins Fidante

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
The Future Fund's former debt and alternatives manager has taken on a new role with Fidante Partners. John O'Keeffe joins Fidante as head of boutique strategy and business management. In a statement, Fidante said O'Keeffe will help determine the "strategic ...

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 ...