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More planners bypass managed funds: study

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
... started in 2008, but the combination of poor returns from some managed funds and lower costs of non-managed fund alternatives, have accelerated the trend. "Direct equities spiked to 20 per cent of new inflows invested for clients, with growth also seen ...

Sovereign keeps overweight to distressed debt

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
Alternatives expert Sovereign Investment Research is recommending its superannuation clients remain overweight to specific distressed debt strategies ahead of expected defaults from small US-based companies. Ray King, managing director at Sovereign ...

BTIM hires new portfolio manager, Swift departs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... and diversified funds in March this year, resulting in the multi-strategies division being disbanded to create an alternatives business. Robert Swift's role as head of multi strategies at BTIM was made redundant and he no longer works at the fund manager. ...

Ascalon and Regal form partnership

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
... working closely with Regal across a range of areas including domestic sales and marketing. Regal is a Sydney-based alternatives equities manager with approximately $350 million under management. The firm specialises in fundamental based market neutral ...

Everest winds down operations

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
Alternatives manager Everest Financial Group is winding down its operations following a strategic review, with Jeremy Reid relinquishing his role as chief executive in the process. In an ASX statement released today, EFG announced it would take an "orderly ...

Basis Capital lesson far from over

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... single one of our clients is interested in taking any [legal] action in any form," he said. Walker is a believer in alternatives within a client's portfolio, and said exposure to alternatives - infrastructure, private equity and hedge funds to name a ...

Global instos ramp up alternatives exposure

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
A survey of institutional investors worldwide found they expect to increase their exposure to alternative investments by 5 per cent to 19 per cent, on average, in the next two to three years. The Russell Investments 2010 Global Survey of 119 institutional ...

Count expands lending

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... advice business relates to the self managed super fund (SMSF) market - a market segment that is looking for lending alternatives for their business or for personal expansion, he added. "We need to make that process as easy as possible. [Our practices] ...

Singapore HNWs to pour funds into equities

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... biggest reallocation among HNW portfolio in the next two years. "HNWs in Singapore will focus more on equities and alternatives investments and move away from cash and near-cash products and fixed income," said Harry Senlitonga, senior analyst at Datamonitor. ...

Super funds lead advice charge

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... advice in ways which the financial planning industry is yet to adopt. "The super funds have been forced to look at alternatives in order to provide reasonably priced, quality advice for many thousands of members. "They now pose a competitive threat to ...