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Future Fund smashes its performance target in 2014

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... performance outcome is that while regular super funds are about 20% invested into Australian equities and 13% into alternatives, the Future Fund has only 9% held in Australian equities but 31% in alternatives, the fund's latest report reveals. The fund ...

VicSuper awards $100M absolute return mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
VicSuper has awarded a $100 million mandate to a global fixed interest manager as part of its alternatives strategy. The mandate was awarded to Payden & Rygel (P&R) absolute return strategy, which aims to generate returns of 2% above the 3 month AFMA ...

Multi asset and income in favour: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... also identified a desire to look beyond traditional betas in both fixed income and equities, increased interested in alternatives and clients' recognition of lower forward-looking returns. "Considering that growth is likely to remain measured and that ...

Hedge funds were top alternatives performers in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
Hedge funds accounted for over half of the asset growth across alternatives in 2014, despite their underwhelming performance during the past year, a Preqin report found. In 2014, hedge funds posted returns of 3.78%, which represents the lowest average ...

Threadneedle set for name change

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
... in assets under management across developed and emerging market equities, fixed income, multi-asset solutions and alternatives (including UK property). Both Columbia and Threadneedle are owned by listed US financial services firm Ameriprise Financial ...

Big changes on way for pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
Pension funds around the globe are going to ramp up their risk appetite, take big bets on alternatives, switch from being asset owners to asset managers and transform how they deal with external investment managers, reveals a major survey released by ...

Small tech providers tempt aligned advisers to defect

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... "People are beginning to defect. A couple years ago there wasn't anywhere else they could go to, but now there are alternatives," AdviceInnovation member and founder of Now Sorted Eddie Lees. AdviceInnovation is newly-founded a hub of independent companies ...

Alternatives industry body launches Australian branch

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... (CAIA) Association has launched a new chapter in Australia to be headed up by the Future Fund's head of debt and alternatives David George, it was announced today. The CAIA is a not-for-profit organisation specialising in alternative investment education. ...

Van Eyk exec resurfaces at SQM Research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... Research has appointed a former van Eyk executive to the role of head of research to head the business' fixed income and alternatives team of analysts. Robert da Silva was van Eyk head of research and deputy chief investment officer before the research ...

Hedge fund growth problem not helped by new products

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... are hoping to attract a new class of investor - private wealth platforms - as well as developing registered liquid alternatives products to try to attract new investors. The largest managers are even developing sub-advisory capabilities and insurance-related ...