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Pengana flags private equity LIT launch

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
... Grosvenor Capital Management to select investments for the soon-to-be ASX-listed investment trust. It invests in alternative assets such as hedge funds, private equity, real estate and infrastructure. Grosvenor was chosen because it has a long track ...

Future Fund delivers 9.3%, increases risk moderately

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... shocks remains," Costello said. The fund's allocation stands as: Developing market global equities (18.2%), alternative assets (15.4%), cash (15.1%), private equity (14.1%), debt securities (8.9%), infrastructure and timberland (8%), emerging markets ...

Aussie super asset allocation "riskier": Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... alternative investing amongst pension funds, with all the countries studied having doubled their exposure to alternative assets since 2001. According to UBS, Switzerland has moved the needle the furthest in alternative asset allocation within pension ...

Alternative investment manager partners with VC firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... fund vehicles. It has achieved a lifetime blended IIR of 18.4% since its inception in 2012. Auctus invests in alternative assets whose returns are not correlated to equities and bond markets. This includes venture capital, private equity, real estate ...

Catholic Super appoints CIO

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
... dedicated to the Master Trust's super members. She will have a strong focus on asset allocation, equities and alternative assets. She will also take responsibility for Catholic Super in areas of strategy, leadership, compliance and risk management ...

MLC, ANU boost alternatives strategies

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
MLC and Australian National University will ramp up allocations to alternative assets in 2018, according to latest Preqin research. Preqin highlighted the two Australian firms in its alternative assets outlook report, which surveyed more than 550 institutional ...

Males dominate ASX200 top job

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
... fluctuating economic conditions," said Jones. Global research from Preqin shows women comprise only 20% of the alternative assets funds management industry - this proportion drastically declines according to seniority. Women make up 29% of junior alternative ...

RG97 effects inconsistent: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... was seen in property investment options, with an average increase of greater than 40 basis points. Hedged or alternative assets also saw marked increases of more than 30 basis points. The effect of RG97 on retail funds has been significantly dampened ...

Rising alternatives manager appoints new MD

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
... the capacity constraints faced by alternatives managers along with rising interest from retail investors in alternative assets. Mann, who was also previously regional head of Franklin Templeton Solutions and director head of alternative product distribution ...

Women underrepresented in funds management: research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017
Women comprise only 20% of the global alternative assets funds management industry, research from Preqin shows. The proportion declines according to seniority with women making up 29% of junior alternative assets staff, 23% of mid-level staff and 11% ...