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More liquidity in alternative strategies: S&P

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
Fund-of-hedge-fund strategies continue to modify their holdings in order to provide more liquidity and potentially more alternative returns, according to a S&P Fund Service's sector report. The review - which covered six managers offering 10 rated capabilities ...

North American Endowments bullish on PE

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... recent years," said Emma Dineen, manager of LP Data at Preqin. "Despite some of these institutions being faced with liquidity issues and over-allocation to the asset class, many have ramped up their exposure to private equity investment over the past ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... again as trading commences this week. However, this is not all good news. While the ECB's recent announcement would add liquidity to the system, the action provide meat to speculation that European banks have no more good quality assets to pledge as ...

CFD turnover rises amid dollar decline

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
... European markets, by Spooner's reckoning. "Australian clients are becoming more aware of the strong trends and attractive liquidity in the German 30, which also has convenient trading hours for short term traders with day jobs," Spooner wrote.

Volatility predicted for emerging markets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... 2012 investors have progressively accumulated larger allocations to EM fixed income, in an environment where interbank liquidity has contracted substantially on the back of increasing regulation," said Osses. "Second, the US current account deficit has ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... Overnight, US stocks jumped more than 2.3 per cent after the European Central Bank said it would keep open its unlimited liquidity loans for euro zone banks at least through 2012. European stocks moved sharply higher, extending gains after recent heavy ...

Lonsec changes index funds research process

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... screens, funds will be assessed by conducting a peer relative assessment of people and resources, investment process, liquidity and performance," added Elsworth. van Eyk initiated coverage of exchange traded index funds (ETFs) last year and recently ...

CalPERS awards Citi $28bn in securities lending assets

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... clients with access to the highest quality borrow." Securities lending aims to improve overall market efficiency and liquidity, provides a critical element for hedging, acts as a useful tool for risk management in trading and investment strategies and ...

AUI opens Office Property Fund to new investment

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... time, stated a main priority was to re-open the Fund for new applications as well as improve distributions and provide liquidity for investors. The Fund is now open to both new and additional investments, allowing AUI to raise new equity for the Fund ...

Super sector turning to dedicated long-term lenders

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... are liquid, government bonds are liquid, but private debt illiquid. "What we would say though, is that the price of liquidity is volatility." Balmain Investment Management is an independent funds manager specialising in secured private debt in Australia ...