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Fidante manager closes $400m industrial water fund

ALEX BURKE | WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016

... exclusively focused on financing industrial water infrastructure projects." BAE Systems Pension Funds Investment Management alternatives investment manager Vikram Aggarwal commented on the attractive return potential, saying: "This investment represents ...

Asset manager launches quant platform after acquisition

DARREN SNYDER | THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016

A global asset manager is leveraging an acquisition of a UK-based firm to launch its new long-only and alternatives quantitative investing platform, as well as diversify its active management capabilities. GAM is buying Cantab Capital Partners with ...

Altius to be acquired by Canadian firm

KERRIE SYDEE | WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016

... the alternative asset advisory subsidiary of Pavilion. Following the close, the firm will be rebranded as Pavilion Alternatives Group and represent Pavilion's global advisory platform specialising in alternative asset classes with total alternative assets ...

New portfolio manager for IOOF

KERRIE SYDEE | FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016

Alternatives delivering for infra and PE

DARREN SNYDER | THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016

Strip infrastructure and private equity out of superannuation funds' alternatives investments and the asset class struggles to deliver its current growth-like returns. This is one of the key pieces of analysis provided by Frontier Advisors at its annual ...

Investors looking to real estate over infrastructure

KERRIE SYDEE | TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016

... via a range of products, including conventional equity and fixed income products as well as direct investments into alternatives such as real estate. India has become increasingly attractive to Asian sovereign investors, while Brazil, Russia and China ...

Bentham hires portfolio manager from Credit Suisse

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016

... spent the past nine years working in the asset management division of Credit Suisse where he had a specific focus on alternatives and credit. Before that he was a senior research analyst at AMP. "We're excited to grow the team and believe Daniel will ...

Sentiment recovers but cash still king

MARK SMITH | THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016

... dissatisfied (36.6%), reflecting the low rate environment," she said. "The security of cash and perceived lack of viable alternatives are the overriding factors behind the high holdings, however a fall in the cash rate would make cash less attractive ...

Foreign managers priced out of super

ALEX BURKE | MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016

... towards super fees in Australia; Financial Standard has previously covered the difficulty of increasing allocations to alternatives in super funds primarily because of, as MLC head of alternatives strategies Gareth Abley put it, "the fee pressure the ...

Equities out, alternatives in for pension funds

ALEX BURKE | THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016

Large pension funds, including superannuation and sovereign wealth funds, are increasing their exposure to alternatives to preserve or improve return, according to the OECD 2015 Large Pension Funds Survey. The report noted that pension funds in general ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN | 12:33PM

Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA | 11:56AM

Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI | 11:09AM

The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA | 12:20PM

MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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