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ETFs just 5pct of all indexing

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... Rainmaker said that equities, and especially international equities, continue to be indexing's mainstay but that alternatives are becoming more central and growth of indexing in this asset class has been so strong it has compressed the equities proportion ...

Future Fund issues return warning

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... markets. Almost a fifth of the fund (18.8%) is invested in developed markets outside of Australia. It also has 13.1% in alternatives and a cash weighting of more than 15%. Neal said: "We have seen significant volatility across markets during the quarter. ...

PROFILE: Blue Sky managing director Mark Sowerby

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... to this day. At the time he was helping US giant Blackstone turn itself from an asset manager into a diversified alternatives manager. He pointed out to Sowerby that Blue Sky's water investments could be classified as infrastructure and that if the company ...

Mandate tide turns towards global equities

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... 34% of these funds went into international equities mandates, while about 18% was invested in Australian equities. Alternatives, another rising trend, accounted for about 22% of new mandates. This represents a sharp change compared to previous years. ...

Frontier Advisors appoints former Mercer principal

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... hopeful of completing before the end of the year. The firm is also looking to further boost its stocks in the debt and alternatives area and increase its pool of analysts. Frontier has about $250 billion in funds under advice with services provided to ...

ASIC funding model needs "meat on the bones"

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... Commission' lacks detail about how the model would work, how it will benefit the industry and analysis of possible alternatives. These "make it impossible to determine if this is the best option," chief executive Steven Burrell said. "We need more meat ...

PM Capital wins Zenith award

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
Zenith has named PM Capital the best fund manager for international equities - alternatives. At the 2015 Zenith Fund Awards, PM Capital's Global Companies Fund was recognised for its 17-year track record and experienced investment team. "The Global ...

Lazard launches new alternatives fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
Lazard Asset Management has launched a new long/short European equity fund. The Lazard European Alternative Fund, which is UCITS compliant, comprises a liquid portfolio of around 60 European large and mid-cap stocks, both long and short, selected on ...

Multimillionaires still love property above everything else

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... year from 33.1% in 2014. The rest of their allocation is in equities (26.5%), cash (21.6%), fixed income (9.5%) and alternatives (11.65%). Of HNW's alternative investments, 23.6% is in private equity. The report surveyed wealthy Australians' preferred ...

Monash absolute return fund goes retail

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... but is not aligned with investor preferences," Winston partner Andrew Fairweather said. "The fund might sit in the alternatives asset class because of its cash based objective, its unconstrained investment universe and its ability to hold cash and short ...