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Hedge fund growth plans hampered by lack of demand

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
Two thirds of hedge fund managers have made growing their businesses a top strategic priority but a lack of demand from investors could be a major roadblock, according to a recent global EY survey. "In the current environment, fund managers are investing ...

"Boring" hedge funds shake gung-ho reputation

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... is down to an institutionalisation of the hedge fund sector. Before the crisis a lot of the capital held by hedge fund managers was from wealthy individuals, happy to accept a high level of risk for a high pay off. But these investors mostly redeemed ...

FSC report backs case for Asia Passport

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... $20.3 billion to 36.2 billion, an increase of 21.3% per year. The FSC also estimates that revenue from overseas fund managers could bring as much as $700 million into the Australian economy each year. The largest source of inflows are fund managers ...

Government agnostic on portfolio holdings disclosure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
... there is scope to classify assets narrowly, so as to fall under the threshold." While superannuation fund trustees, fund managers and custodians have all expressed concern over the stringency of the original look-through requirements, there has been ...

Fund managers rethink distribution approach after FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
A growing number of fund managers are making changes in their distribution strategy and bringing their retail and institutional distribution teams closer together to reflect industry consolidation brought on by the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) ...

IOOF joins Calastone's automated network

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013
... Calastone's global funds transaction network, which allows the automation of fund transactions between different fund managers and distributors. Previously, platforms and funds were communicating exclusively by fax machine. Calastone said the deal with ...

Half of infrastructure investors unhappy with fee structures

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
Half of all investors in infrastructure remain unconvinced that their fund managers' interests are aligned with their own, according to new research by alternatives research and data provider Preqin. Research released in the November edition of the ...

CIO exit forces Bedlam closure

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... superannuation clients. The story serves to remind investors of the risk of a key person departing one of their fund managers. Funds are in the process of being liquidated entirely and Bedlam has ensured all investors that their capital is not at risk. ...

Funds explore hidden benefits of APRA reporting standards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... increased information and technological solutions (such as those offered by DST) will make it much easier to monitor fund managers' performance. It will also allow super funds to make quick changes to their asset allocation. "If a super fund trustee ...

Former AIST boss joins Eaton Vance

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
... Trustees (AIST ) chief executive Steve Gibbs as senior advisor to its Australian business and its two affiliate fund managers, Parametric and Hexavest. Gibbs was previously chief executive officer of the Australian Reward Investment Alliance (now part ...