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PIMCO hires real estate strategist

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... investment opportunities for our clients," Bridwell said. The appointment is part of the continued expansion of the firm's alternatives investment platform. Globally, PIMCO's alternatives offerings span a range of strategies with more than 100 investment ...

Absolute returns no longer the domain of instos

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... With market volatility seemingly becoming ever more regular, investors now more deeply understand that there are alternatives in the market to help smooth this cycle," Rosenbloom said. Separately, BMO Global Asset Management's BMO Pyrford Global Absolute ...

Hedge funds battle identity crisis

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... adds there is plenty of room for improvement and that hedge funds' mandate for institutional clients to find "true alternatives" has not been fully realised. "If you look at the correlations between hedge fund indices, which are a pretty good proxy for ...

CFM alternative beta fund gets Lonsec approval

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
... 2016," Winston Capital's Stephen Robertson said. "Winston routinely sees financial advisers who are looking to add alternatives to their model portfolios or actively reviewing their models in search of better solutions. Generally, advisers' choices for ...

PIMCO bolsters investment team

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
... have hired more than 140 new employees, including more than 30 investment professionals across many areas including alternatives, client analytics, mortgages, real estate and macroeconomics."

Fees still an issue for alternatives: WTW

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
... which found that while inflows remain steady, investors are increasingly looking for ways to reduce fees. The Global Alternatives Survey, which covers 10 asset classes and seven investor types, revealed real estate managers have the largest share of ...

Aussie investors list operational alpha among top priorities

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
... specialised, niche investments including passive ETFs, active specialty stock selection, multi-asset strategies, and alternatives. "The new asset classes I see are the way large asset managers or even mid-tier asset managers are looking to contend to ...

Fund managers fleeing UK post-Brexit: Preqin

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
Roughly a third of alternatives managers are investing less in the UK as a response to the Brexit referendum, according to Preqin research. The research, based on a survey of 140 alternative assets firms and 50 institutional investors, showed that the ...

Deutsche AM appoints APAC real estate head

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... that, she was managing director at Prudential Investment Management. At Deutsche AM, Sharpe will report to head of alternatives Pierre Cherki and join the Deutsche AM Asia-Pacific executive committee, chaired by Deutsche AM APAC head Jon Eilbeck. Commenting ...

Lifeplan increases investment bond options

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... changes, there is clear support from both sides of politics to constrain tax benefits of super, so attractive viable alternatives such as investment bonds will continue to see growing interest," Walsh said.