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Macquarie Group tops global alternative investment table

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... estate managers have the largest share of assets (34% and over $1.0 trillion) followed by direct private equity fund managers (23% and $717bn), direct hedge funds (20% and $612bn), private equity funds of funds (10% and $315bn), funds of hedge funds ...

Infrastructure boom set to continue

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... muted investor demand for equities. The Lonsec review also found relatively wide performance dispersion between fund managers over the past year due to the 'benchmark unaware' approach to portfolio construction and differences in investment styles, although ...

Stronger Super look-through requirements may erode competitive edge

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... asset into the market?" Full disclosure requirements may directly conflict with confidentiality provisions, and fund managers who have embedded intellectual capital in their investments may simply refuse to supply the information. Miller also questioned ...

Lonsec shuts door on rating 'shopping' with new rankings

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... want to avoid an unfavourable rating. The tightening of regulatory guidelines, known as RG79, is designed to ensure fund managers do not " "shop" around for the best rating outcome without leaving a footprint. "We have made a number of incremental enhancements ...

Macquarie leads global infra cap raising

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... than the amount raised in H1 2012," said Elliot Bradbrook, Preqin's manager of infrastructure data. He said for fund managers that can demonstrate a consistent track record and investment strategy there is still appetite for the asset class and this ...

ASIC urged to extend 'wet signatures' exemption

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... electronically via the ASX. The full details of which are in ASIC Consultation Paper 208. The move is supported by fund managers, but Sweeney said the rules should to be widened to include all electronic based industry participants. "This is a great ...

Hunter Hall founder targets instos and SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... wealth management and an institutional process is unique, and a different skill set to that provided by many smaller fund managers that are formed through break-away teams from large investment houses," managing director and chief investment officer ...

AQUA II poses a challenge to wraps

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... regulations. The regulator will reach a decision in November, and the ASX has put a provisional launch date in early 2014. Fund managers will welcome this news, as it potentially opens them up to the self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) sector. Senior ...

Fund manager dismisses super fund fee demands

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
While institutional investors have a tendency to negotiate aggressively on the amount they pay for fund managers' expertise, Platinum Asset Management chief investment officer Andrew Clifford said cutting fees does not automatically result in better ...

FUM breaks through pre-GFC barrier

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... reach$1.576 trillion. The previous high was $1.518 trillion reached in December 2007. Rainmaker noted that while it took fund managers five years to recover, superannuation took only two years to make up the lost ground. The different trajectory reflects ...