Taking the first steps into alternatives

Gary Brader is group chief investment officer of QBE, a Sydney-based general insurance firm with operations across 46 countries and $31 billion in assets under management. In addition to Australia, the firm has Asia-Pacific operations in Fiji, French Polynesia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. About one-third of its AUM is in Australian dollars, one-third in US dollars, 25% in sterling and euro,…