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New deal opens Europe to Aussie AIFs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... allow Australian fund managers to manage and market Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) - including hedge funds, private equity funds and retail funds - in the EU under the rules of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). The arrangement ...

Blue Sky invests $20m in Oak Tree retirement villages

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
A fund managed by Blue Sky Private Equity (BSPE) has taken a significant minority stake in Australian retirement community operator Oak Tree Group, investing more than $20 million. The Oak Tree Group will use the investment to fund the development of ...

Former Perpetual exec to head Market Vectors

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... Credit Suisse as head of product development specialising in alternative investments, hedge funds, commodities and private equity. "Arian has exceptional knowledge and experience in product development, strategy and distribution and we are confident ...

Former Hyperion boss Dr Manny Pohl launches mid cap fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... invested in unlisted private companies, which have the intention of listing on the ASX. Pohl bought EC Pohl & Co and a private equity business from Hyperion on 2 July 2012 to offer portfolio management to high net worth investors. Pohl's investment process ...

Macquarie Group tops global alternative investment table

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... Asset Management (261). The Global Alternatives Survey covers seven asset classes including real estate, direct private equity, private equity funds, direct hedge funds, funds of hedge funds, infrastructure and commodities. Real estate managers have ...

Gonski urges Australia to look long-term

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... 40% allocation to equities. It has also announced plans to increase its exposure to infrastructure, property and private equity.

IFM to cut fees after pricing review

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... to investors from December 1 2011. In November last year IFM announced that it planned to undercut traditional private equity fees by about 50 %. The fund manager offers around 55 products and mandates. Melbourne-based IFM is owned by 32 industry superannuation ...

CSC awards Challenger $250 million mandate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... extended a loan of more than $70 million to poultry producer Inghams Enterprises, which was recently bought out by private equity investment firm TPG Capital for $880 million. CSC declined to comment on the mandate award.

US hedge funds abandon Europe on new regulations

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) directive, which has been devised by European lawmakers to rein in the hedge fund, private equity fund and real estate fund industries. From July the new directive will limits the ability of non-European alternative managers ...

Investment in alternative assets on the rise globally

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... Institutional investors around the globe are allocating more to alternative assets such as listed real estate, private equity and infrastructure, according to the AMP Capital Institutional Investor Report. AMP surveyed institutional investors in Asia ...