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Chief investment officer retires

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
The chief investment officer at a prominent Australian asset manager is retiring after working at the firm for 12 years. Wilson Asset Management chief investment officer Chris Stott will soon retire to spend more time with his young family. Chairman ...

EM investors seek China alternative amid trade war

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
The intensity of the US and China trade war roiling the equity markets is worrying investors who are seeking alternative emerging markets exposure. This is according to King Irving Funds Management managing director Kate Mulligan, who sees emerging ...

Assistant Treasurer refutes breach allegations

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... he breached the Corporations Act by failing to inform the corporate regulator of his resignation as a director of alternative health company Cryo Australia within 28 days as required by the Corporations Act. During Senate Estimates, Ketter asked ASIC ...

Former Olympian to lead investment house

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... to grow the recently acquired Ascalon Capital Managers. This includes the launch of a seeding vehicle to invest in alternative investment funds in Asia Pacific. Generation Development Group said Hackett will also remain responsible for the distribution ...

Blue Sky LIC gets a new suitor

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... appointed as the new manager for the Blue Sky Alternatives Access Fund (ASX: BAF). The LIC has been managed by Blue Sky Alternative Investments and has traded at a significant discount to NTA. The details of the WAM proposal are not known yet. "[BAF's ...

Private equity will become bigger than hedge funds: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... largest asset class in alternatives in the next five years, according to new Preqin research. Preqin predicts assets in alternative investments will hit $19 trillion by 2023, up from $12 trillion at the end of 2017. Private equity will have a $7 trillion ...

Under the hood of low-fee funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... downside performance can be attributed to the different allocation to alternatives in the two groups, Zenith said. Alternative assets usually come at higher cost and hence lower fee multi-asset funds have to skimp on them. The research found low cost ...

TAL slashes jobs, cuts outbound sales

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... review." TAL said all impacted staff are receiving the company's full support and have been provided with a number of alternative options, including redeployment where possible. In addition to ASIC's review of direct insurance, the move also ...

Qualitas seizes non-bank financing opportunities

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... institutions (ADIs) move towards increasingly selective and conservative credit terms, more flexible forms of finance from alternative lenders, he added. Schwartz said the growth of products such as QRI is a function of the banks holding the majority ...

Real estate investment manager bolsters debt team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... Australian banks tighten lending. "Pullback from the market by the Australian commercial banks has heightened the need for alternative funding sources, creating an opportunity for institutional investors and debt funds to grow within the market," Priestley ...