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Global Alternative Funds names managing director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024
Oak Hill Advisors executive Signe Brandt has left the T Rowe Price-owned subsidiary to join the rival alternative asset investor. Brandt worked at the $63 billion credit-focused Oak Hill for 13 years, building up its Australian presence. Global Alternative ...

Citi Australia managing director takes on expanded remit

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2024
... Citi, where she'd previously served as director of equities. Prior to her return, she was the managing director of hedge fund sales at Austock Securities, before moving on to become managing director of Ecofin Australia, formerly Change Investment Management. ...

Investment managers embracing AI: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
According to a report by Mercer, nine out of 10 investment managers are either using or planning to use artificial intelligence (AI) in their investment strategies or asset class research. The report flagged that the question is no longer if but how ...

Sexism in the City: UK financial sector slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
The "shocking" prevalence of sexism and misogyny in the UK's financial services sector has led a government committee to recommend a raft of reforms. On International Women's Day, the UK government's Treasury Committee released Sexism in ...

Family offices still love hedge funds: Preqin

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... and public pension funds alike. Specifically, the report said family offices are showing interest in smaller, newer hedge fund managers because of a more personalised relationship and the potential for greater returns. "A recent example of this is their ...

Large-cap equity funds continue underperformance: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... long equity managers to actually charge clients on performance fees. It's almost non-existent now. If you're a hedge fund pursuing an absolute-return strategy, yes, it's standard to charge a 15% outperformance fee. But it's very rare ...

Former director pleads guilty to hedge fund con

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... licence to provide financial product advice, Sandiford told prospective investors that they could invest it in either a 'hedge fund' or an 'income fund'. Investing in the hedge fund, for a nominal one-off fee clients were told they'd receive a split ...

Ex-Merricks commodities guru launches hedge fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024
After a 15-year stint at Merricks Capital, Adam Davis is launching his own global agricultural commodities hedge fund, Farrer Capital (Farrer). Based out of Melbourne, the group, named after renowned English Australian agronomist and plant breeder William ...

Volatility an opportunity for skilled active managers: GSFM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024
The looming threat of sporadic, extreme market volatility presents an opportunity for active managers to capitalise on fluctuating asset values, GSFM advisor Stephen Miller says. At an event yesterday, Miller described the current financial landscape ...

IG appoints institutional sales manager

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2023
IG Prime, the institutional branch of the trading platform, has appointed Andrew Wood as its institutional sales manager. Wood most recently served for seven years as the head of institutional sales APAC at CMC Markets, based in Sydney. He developed ...
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