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How to get private equity returns from listed stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
Investors can get two-thirds of the excess return offered by private equity from targeted listed stocks, according to researchers from State Street and Windham Capital Management who say this nullifies the need to allocate to the asset class unless ...

IGR proves current welfare level is unsustainable: FSC

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... term investment in the economy's productive capacity with $35 billion in unlisted assets such as infrastructure, private equity and other assets. The SMSF Association focused on the importance of all governments to adopt a bipartisan approach to superannuation. ...

Fixed income offers little equity risk protection: CFM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... a world where you've lost the ability to diversify into fixed interest, you need some muscle in infrastructure, private equity, venture capital, real estate and, increasingly, alternative beta," he said. The alternative beta offering that CFM is aiming ...

Alternatives managers asked to help more with fees

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... according to a recent survey by data and research provider Preqin. Of the five major alternative asset classes - private equity, hedge funds, real estate, infrastructure and private debt - investors named management fees as the area that needed the most ...

Blue Sky reports $2.6 million profit

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... and investor demand for alternative assets. "Investor allocations to the traditional alternative asset classes of private equity and venture capital, hedge funds, infrastructure, private real estate and real assets are increasing," Sowerby said. "Alternative ...

Alternatives sector shaped by regulation, customer demand

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... published Alternatives Sector Review. Lonsec's research covered 33 investment products, including hedge funds and private equity, and concluded that performance in many cases was adversely affected by regulatory changes and demands for greater transparency ...

Future Fund smashes its performance target in 2014

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... decisions that have played out in the fund's favour. David Neal, the Future Fund's managing director, said: "The private equity, property and infrastructure program in particular performed extremely well, significantly outperforming listed markets. The ...

CFSGAM completes fundraising for European infrastructure fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... our investors and long term investment philosophy, which address a number of limitations present in traditional private equity structures." EDIF is a core infrastructure fund primarily targeting European utility and transportation investments. Since ...

Hedge funds were top alternatives performers in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... But hedge fund assets grew from $2.66 trillion at the end of 2013 to just under $3.02 trillion. Assets held by private equity hedge funds, private debt, real estate and infrastructure fund managers hit $6.91 trillion in value in 2014, according to the ...

Steve Tucker and Paul Heath launch HNW business

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... chief executive Paul Heath have launched a new private wealth management firm, Koda Capital. Privately funded by private equity players and former wealth industry executives, Koda Capital will provide wealth management solution for high net worth individuals ...