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Instos dial up alternatives allocations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... ramp up allocations to alternatives over the next three to five years. Diversification was the main reason alternative assets look attractive to the majority of institutional investors within pension funds, insurance companies, endowments and foundations ...

Morgan Stanley duo establishes advice boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... administration and reporting services. Powerwrap will also provide access to traditional assets, model portfolios and alternative assets. "Both Tim and I are passionate about helping our clients achieve their investment goals. Our views are aligned in ...

Alternative assets are the new bonds: JPMAM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... investment strategy and solutions and Kerry Craig, global market strategist, discussed the benefit of investing in alternative assets in the APAC region. They said real estate is an asset class in transition, but one that will emerge stronger from the ...

Good quarter but bad year for US instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... income. Foundations and endowments reported 9.24% median return for the quarter and -3.6% YTD. This category uses alternative assets extensively, with substantial median allocations to private equity (15.1%) and hedge funds (11.6%). The numbers are based ...

WAM makes alternatives play

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... termination and transition arrangements in September this year. If approved, Blue Sky will be rebranded as WAM Alternative Assets. Blue Sky chair Michael Cottier said the agreement signalled the beginning of a brighter future for the investment company's ...

Global manager rolls out local access to alternatives fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... today, in a move designed to help local wholesale retail and institutional investors increase their access to alternative assets while minimising risk. According to the investment manager, the fund has "minimal correlation" with the performance of the ...

Sentiment weakens as macro threats loom

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... Natixis Australia managing director and head of distribution Louise Watson sees opportunities in fixed income and alternative assets - including credit and real estate. "On the fixed income side, our affiliate manager Loomis Sayles has developed a credit ...

Powerwrap inks strategic partnership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... insights and lessons learned would be applied to the platform, which currently manages around $1 billion in alternative assets. Davidson said alternative assets could be the solution for advisers searching for investment choices which will deliver their ...

Northern Trust touts new ESG tool to instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... partnership with IdealRatings) but will over time expand to other asset classes. "In future, we will look at alternative assets like private equity and real estate. They are a bit different [from listed securities in] transparency of the data and the ...

Pension assets climb towards $50 trillion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... for 92% of the US$46.7 trillion in assets in the 22 largest pension markets. The research shows a shift to alternative assets continuing globally, marking two decades of considerable change in pension fund asset allocation. In 1999, just 6% of P7 pension ...