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BlackRock results reveal Aladdin trajectory

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
... for BlackRock, with $1.1 billion in performance fees earned over the year - more than double 2019 levels. A single hedge fund strategy that delivered "exceptional performance" was responsible for roughly 60% of the performance fee earnings. Compensation ...

Praemium sees benefits of scale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
Praemium saw a sharp rise in the December quarter as a result of its acquisition of Powerwrap, showcasing the benefit of increased scale. The platform saw a 69% increase year-on-year in global funds under administration (FUA), lifting the business to ...

CFM local head takes on new role

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2021
... total at CFM, based in Sydney and Tokyo. His prior experience includes working as a senior portfolio manager within the hedge fund investments group at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, based in Toronto from 2006 and 2011, responsible for selecting ...

ETF Securities shutters funds

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... Fund) (GLIN); AMP Capital Global Property Securities Fund (Managed Fund) (RENT) and AMP Capital Dynamic Markets Fund (Hedge Fund) (DMKT). The funds had a combined $55.3 million in assets at September end and ceased trading on December 4.

Hedge fund switched traders with algorithm

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
A hedge fund, previously linked to several superannuation funds, has been fined US$170 million for replacing its traders with an algorithm that drastically underperformed. An investigation by the US Securities Exchange Commission found UK-based BlueCrest ...

First Sentier hires from AMP Capital

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
First Sentier Investors has named its investor relations director in its direct infrastructure team, hiring from AMP Capital. Celine Kabashima spent eight years at AMP Capital and was most recently senior investment specialist for infrastructure debt ...

Tourmaline hires two leads, expands footprint

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
... risk for six years. He began his career at Rosehill Capital Management in the US, where he was a Japanese equities hedge fund trader. "The buy side in the Asia-Pacific region has evolved in the way it understands and values the benefits outsourced trading ...

Praemium develops relationship with US platform

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
The ASX-listed platforms business has added to its holding in an American platform for alternative funds. Qualis Capital's platform offers sophisticated investors funds in private equity, real estate, private debt and hedge funds. In May, Powerwrap ...

ESG push not going anywhere

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
Close to 90% of investors globally are asking their fund manager for environmental, social and governance (ESG) products, according to the 2020 EY Global Alternative Fund Survey. According to the survey, allocators are increasingly focused on ESG products ...

Barrenjoey Capital hires from FIIG

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
The newly-launched, Magellan-backed investment bank has added a head of credit risk from FIIG Securities. Asmita Kulkarni left the role of director, investment strategy group at FIIG to join the new venture established by former Challenger managing ...