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Super fund names new chief investment officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... managers including Magellan, Wellington and BlueBay. Legalsuper also recently increased its allocations to alternative assets in Barwon Healthcare Property Fund, Lighthouse Infrastructure Fund and Ancala.

Advice group partners with new platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
... reporting services as well as alternative asset solutions. It comes as Powerwrap prepares to expand its range of alternative assets in 2020, the platform said. It also follows in a long line of advice groups that have taken up Powerwrap's offering in ...

J.P. Morgan predicts extended income squeeze

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... dive platform into a paddling pool," said J.P. Morgan Asset Management global market strategist Kerry Craig. "Alternative assets are going to become more important in filling the pool of income generating assets and improving risk-adjusted returns." ...

High net worths want more: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... platform provider was seeing in its HNW investor client base. "At Powerwrap, we have noticed a healthy demand for alternative assets," Davidson said. "Many of these investments are not typically available via a platform structure, so we work closely ...

Trustee firm launches admin platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
... funds," he said. "Sophisticated and high net worth investors, for example, are driving capital solutions in alternative assets and debt markets where they understand market opportunity and can achieve specific outcomes." The group said it is not entering ...

Future Fund returns 11.5%, crosses $160bn

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... (10%), private equity (15.8%), property (6.7%), infrastructure and timberland (7.5%), debt securities (9%), alternative assets (13.5%) and cash (11.9%). The fund added to its EM listed equities holdings on seeing opportunities for longer-term returns ...

Irish pension funds reduce equity exposure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... schemes have fallen to just 28%, down from 34% in 2018. Bond allocations remain at 50% while allocations to alternative assets (property, infrastructure and hedge funds) have increased to 22% from 15% in 2018. This trend is reflected by investors across ...

Retiree savings won't last: World Economic Forum

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... liquidity comes at a cost. Although they require adequate understanding and sound financial advice, investment in alternative assets, particularly illiquid assets, can bring strong diversification benefits to a retirement investment portfolio." The Forum ...

Advisers wary of unlisted assets: Sunsuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... diversified portfolios. In addressing the issue of opacity, Sunsuper told advisers about its holdings in unlisted and alternative assets. Sunsuper has a high exposure to alternative asset classes, allocating to four classes within alternative assets ...

Future Fund delivers 5.8%

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... stands at: 23.6% in global equities (25.5% at June 30), 15.8% in private equity (14.1% previously), 14.6% in alternative assets (15.4% previously), 14.5% in cash (15.1% previously), 10.1% in debt securities (8.9% previously), 8.5% in infrastructure and ...