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Super funds and CEFC join investment forces

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
... support the Government's decision, adding: "There are some industrial processes for which there are currently very few alternatives to reducing emissions, making CCS an important technology if these sectors are to achieve deep cuts in emissions." Separately ...

Fund manager sells all shares ahead of crash

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... management and performance fees lightly of course. Lack of upside in our models of course leaves an active manager little alternatives but to hand back cash at such an overvalued and dangerous time in this cycle. From a bottom up perspective Altair's ...

Sunsuper hires investment manager from Mercer

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... team follows an investment update from Sunsuper chief economist Brian Parker, who noted an increased interest in alternatives, including hedge funds and unlisted assets. He said the diversification benefits of these assets was very attractive, adding ...

Global economy biased toward active management

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... many investors see volatility as an opportunity to outperform the market. More than half (54%) agreed investing in alternatives and thematic strategies is essential. There is a marked shift from the old passive and long-only active models to a mixture ...

Millennials' financial heartache drives P2P lending

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... peer-to-peer lending. According to P2P lending platform RateSetter, millennials are coming in droves to seek out alternatives to traditional saving and investment products. The investor group is now one of the largest retail investor groups in the P2P ...

IFM Investors and Samsung partner for infrastructure fund

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... collaboration to offer stable returns to local institutional investors who are "diversifying their investments to overseas alternatives amid the current low interest and low growth investment environment." The fund will primarily target infrastructure ...

Sovereign wealth fund growth steady

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... to traditional asset classes like public equities and fixed income. Sovereign funds are increasingly investing in alternatives, with the report showing 61% investing in private equity and 63% investing in real estate and infrastructure. Despite the slowed ...

Japan to drive real assets globally

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
... Japanese institutional investment environment is being transformed and investors are increasingly hungry for investment alternatives. "Japanese investors, both retail and institutional, are broadly seen as conservative, with more than 50% of financial ...

QIC answers global infrastructure demand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... strong institutional investor support for alternative investments as well as QIC's strategic focus on diversified alternatives." QGIF has received strong support from Australasian investors (including from China, Japan and Korea), as well as investors ...

BNY Mellon strengthens insto team

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2017
... Gambi has joined the company at a time when they are "experiencing great momentum particularly across private debt, alternatives and multi-asset strategies."