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Super funds have clout to demand transparency

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014

Super funds should not be shy of demanding full holdings disclosure from alternatives managers in order to meet reporting standards, HOSTPLUS chief investment officer Sam Sicilia has said. Sicilia said that if the managers refuse to provide the information ...

Demographic shift injects growth into healthcare property investment

MARK SMITH | FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014

... provided primarily by the public sector - a role that will inevitably change in the coming years as the government seeks alternatives to support the provision of healthcare and medical services required by our ageing population," he said. Australian ...

Alternatives managers must be more transparent

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014

Alternatives managers will need to be more transparent with their super fund investors in order to help them meet regulatory reporting requirements, according to BNP Paribas. Madhu Gayer, head of investment reporting and performance for Asia-Pacific ...

Investors Mutual gets in on LIC act

MARK SMITH | MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014

... equity house, ECP Asset Management (ECPAM), released the prospectus for a similar small- and mid-cap LIC. Australian alternatives manager Blue Sky and global equities boutique PM Capital have also launched LICs recently. "Ours in a traditional style ...

Sovereign wealth funds ramp up alternatives exposure

MARK SMITH | MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014

... infrastructure in 2014, compared to 71% in 2013. The report said analysis of the findings suggests this continued appetite for alternatives is a structural trend driven by the influence of allocating assets strategically, rather than a short term shift ...

Getting ideas across to SMSFs the first battle: AMP

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014

... through your other networks." While SMSFs invest heavily in equities, other asset classes such as fixed income and alternatives lose out to cash - an asset class which is easy to understand and provides absolute liquidity, but will just about guarantee ...

Blue Sky raises $60.4 million for first listed alternatives fund

MARK SMITH | THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014

... Blue Sky Alternative Investments has raised $60.4 million in the initial public offering of shares in its Blue Sky Alternatives Access Fund Limited (Alternatives Fund). The new Listed Investment Company (LIC), set to debut on the Australian Securities ...

Low rates force banks to change term deposit strategy

LAURA MILLAN | THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014

... source of bank funding," Roy Morgan industry communications director Norman Morris said. "The rapid growth in the alternatives such as bonus interest/reward saver accounts with an increase of over seven hundred thousand customers in the last year and ...

Beware high correlations: AQR

MARK SMITH | FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014

... themselves and embrace the strategies with genuinely low correlations will be rewarded," Kabiller said. According to the alternatives specialist, funds with good returns in all markets, high Sharpe ratios (a measure of risk/adjusted return) and low correlations ...

AMP carbon screening leads to just two divestments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014

... developing countries. Similarly for transport fuels - there's no viable alternative." However, there are many viable alternatives to thermal coal, which is why it was screened, he said.

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN

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

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA

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

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

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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