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Mercer identifies investment opportunities for 2023

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
... environment, investors should consider the best approach to diversification to meet their risk/return goals. "Macro and trend hedge fund strategies (as part of a diversified hedge fund portfolio) may be beneficial in an inflationary period - not due ...

Aussie income equities fare well amid turmoil

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2022
... Futures Fund with a return of 65%. Coming in second was the ETF Securities - now Global X - Ultra Short Nasdaq 100 Hedge Fund on 42.7%, and third was the P/E Global FX Alpha Fund with 38.5%.

Carrara Capital picks SS&C GlobeOp as fund administrator

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
... 2020. The Carrara Global Opportunities Fund was launched earlier this year and will leverage SS&C GlobeOp's suite of hedge fund services. SS&C's local teal will oversee the delivery of services, including fund administration, investor services, Australia ...

US state public pensions fragile: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022
The volatility and fragility of US pension funds makes clear that state and local retirement systems collectively aren't going to invest their way out of their poor funded status, an Equable report says. Equable's State of Pensions 2022 report says ...

Future Generation expands Plato mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2022
The philanthropic investment company has made a new allocation to Plato's Global Net Zero Hedge Fund, supporting its ambition to outperform the MSCI World Net Returns Unhedged Index while achieving a net zero carbon footprint. Launched in September ...

Ray Dalio bows out of Bridgewater

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2022
... Ray Dalio has relinquished control of his US$150 billion company after running the firm for most of its 47 years. The hedge fund announced yesterday that the drawn-out transition of Bridgewater Associates from Dalio, which started some 10 years ago ...

HarbourVest Partners opens doors to Sydney office

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2022
... 2019, Mancini was a director at Challenger Investment Partners for more than six years. Prior to that he worked in hedge fund strategic services at Credit Suisse and also served as head of investment specialists, unlisted assets at AMP Capital. "We are ...

Future Fund assets drop to $194.4bn

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022
... infrastructure and also into hedge funds." He said the strongest performer was the infrastructure portfolio and the macro hedge fund portfolio which returned more than 20%. Future Funds chair Peter Costello added the fund is "long-term" and continues ...

Investors protect against inflation: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2022
Difficult market conditions have driven considerable interest in inflation-resilient assets, according to the latest quarterly manager intelligence and market trends report by bfinance. The report found that despite ongoing volatility during the quarter ...

Wellington Management hires from GAM Investments

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
The US$1 trillion asset manager has recruited GAM Investments' senior manager of institutional business. Sophie McFadyen joins Wellington Management as a local account manager. She was previously senior manager for GAM Investments' local institutional ...