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Ethical investments top mandate appointments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... equity mandates also saw significant growth, rising 45%. Infrastructure (up 23%), international property (up 21%) and hedge funds (up 19%) rounded out the top five. Allocations to alternatives also grew to now account for close to half of all new mandate ...

Industry fund CIO resigns

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... internally driven model, the fund said in a statement. He is the co-founder of Cuffelinks and served as the head of fund of hedge funds at Colonial First State Global Asset Management. "David has always championed retirement outcomes, notably helping ...

TCorp sets green bond record

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... issuance included: 70% to asset managers; 14% to bank balance sheets; 8% to institutions; 5% to trading desks and 3% to hedge funds. Geographically, 82% went to Australia; 7% to Europe; 4% to both the UK and Asia; and 3% to the US. NSW Treasurer Dominic ...

Hedge funds fall out of favour with instos: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
New EY research shows investors are turning away from hedge funds and looking to private equity assets to uphold their alternatives portfolio. While hedge funds currently have the lion's share (40%) of institutional investors' alternatives portfolios ...

Future Fund boosts alternatives assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... is added over broad market exposure (such as private equity) or for exposures which are truly diversifying (such as hedge funds)," it said. The fund flagged it is transitioning to a "cheaper, more passive approach" in its listed equities portfolio. This ...

GAM chief executive steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... liquidation. "Alex has ably led the business during a time of unprecedented challenges for the active asset management and hedge funds industry... During his tenure as chief executive he has driven a significant program of change that has made us a more ...

Private equity will become bigger than hedge funds: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
Private equity is poised to overtake hedge funds, becoming the largest asset class in alternatives in the next five years, according to new Preqin research. Preqin predicts assets in alternative investments will hit $19 trillion by 2023, up from $12 ...

Diversification mandates lead the way: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... strategies mandates in the 12 months to June 2018, bfinance said. The most popular diversifying strategy allocation was hedge funds (44%), followed by multi-asset (19%) and portfolio-level overlays in areas such as equity, currency or liability risk ...

Blue Sky refunds $4.1m overcharge

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... any impact on institutional mandates or funds that include the Strategic Australian Agriculture Fund, water fund or hedge funds, it said. The amount of $4.1 million (plus GST) spans 65 close-end managed funds over a 10-year period since 2007. It has ...

BNY Mellon subsidiary to shutter

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... BNY Mellon Investment Management has announced its intention to close EACM Advisors, its multi-manager and fund of hedge funds investment manager based in Norwalk, Connecticut. EACM Advisors will no longer operate as a standalone business, with its $2.48 ...