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NY family office compared to hedge fund

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... hedge fund operator with two recent hires, according to US-based Hedge Fund Alert. The firm has reportedly signed managers for two investment teams designed to provide seed capital of US$5 million to $50 million to startups, offering support and marketing ...

Legacy systems cause super funds to rethink op models

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... been many funds looking to internalise the investment management of certain asset classes, whilst retaining external managers for other assets," said Quin, who argues that operating models should support change by internally managing investments and ...

BofA: Fund managers appetite for risk growing

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... manager survey, although geopolitical risks still rate highly as a concern. In the BofA Merrill Lynch survey of fund managers for January global survey, which included 214 fund managers managing US$655 billion, respondents reported a higher level of ...

Investors looking backwards: Mercer

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... 3.1%. Aviva Investors and Investors Mutual rounded out the top five. The bottom five performing Australian shares managers for 2011 was surprising with a massive decline from Independent fund from second position last year to 145th this year with -21.2% ...

Asia Pacific $23.5bn local investment

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... the Financial Services Council (FSC) and Plan For Life, $32.1 billion was being managed by Australian-based fund managers for overseas investors, with 73% coming Asian Pacific. What's more, most of these Asian funds were then reinvested back into the ...

AvSuper awards double alternatives mandate

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
AvSuper is poised to deliver two $20 million investment mandates to managers for its growth alternatives portfolio and has appointed a new investment officer. The fund is in the process of mandating Coller Capital and Siguler Guff to invest in private ...

Vanguard tops US social media rankings

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... the medium's impact in Australia's wealth management raging on. Kasina, a specialist research group, rated asset managers for their presence on social media such as their use of social media initiatives, user experience and their ability to connect with ...

HOSTPLUS, IOOF allocate mandates

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... attracted these mandates. "Our investments managers in those strategies do look more broadly then a lot of other managers for ideas, their philosophies push them away from the index, and they are finding more opportunity outside the companies that are ...

BT Investment Management wins $61m mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... $11.5 billion worth of funds under management, has more mandates in the pipeline and is continually looking for new managers for its multi-manager team. "We are constantly reviewing our line-up," Farrell said. "We need to keep on top of our incumbent ...

Innovative platforms create $397 bn industry

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... investment models such as Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs) and term deposits, more control to dealer groups and practice managers for over approved investment lists. "Over the past few years, our industry research has identified portfolio management ...