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Hedge fund standards board expands APAC team

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
The Hedge Fund Standards Board (HFSB) made two appointments to its Asia-Pacific committee. LIM Advisors founder and chief investment officer George Long, and Dymon Capital Asia chief investment officer Danny Yong join the global standard-setting body ...

Sydney planners topping salary figures

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
Based on data available from Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney, financial planners working in the latter city earn more than their interstate peers. The 2017 Robert Walters Salary Survey found that Sydney planners can expect to earn up to $160,000 annually ...

Clydesdale director departs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
CYBG, the ASX-listed holding company formed following the NAB demerger, will lose a longstanding non-executive director on January 10. Richard Gregory joined Clydesdale in 2000 having been managing director at Yorkshire Television. He was also chair ...

Severe inadequacies in retiree portfolios: VicSuper

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
New research by $16 billion superannuation fund VicSuper suggests up to 50% of retirees aged 75 to 79 with defensive portfolios will outlive their savings. More broadly, the research also found that around 30% of retirees in that age bracket, regardless ...

Climate calling

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
Mercer's Alexis Cheang hears plenty of verbal commitment from Australian superannuation funds about the development and implementation of sustainable investment strategies. The continued aspiration is welcome, but Cheang believes proper execution and ...

Trump keeping M&A on a leash

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2017
Global merger and acquisition activity is set for an uncertain year thanks to Donald Trump. This is one of the key messages from Mergermarket's 2016 full-year global and regional mergers and acquisitions (M&A) report. While the report noted strong activity ...

Blue Sky exits pet food supplier

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2017
Blue Sky Alternative Investments sold its stake in Australia's largest online pet food and accessory supplier. The company invested in Pet Circle, owned by Millell, in 2013. Over that period, Blue Sky said Pet Circle achieved a "four times increase ...

Asia driving infrastructure deal activity

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2017
Asia recorded US$131 billion in infrastructure asset deals in 2016, the highest of any region. Preqin research found the total value of infrastructure deals in 2016 reached an all-time high of US$413 billion, with Asia driving the majority of deal value. ...

2017 set for private equity buyout record

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 JAN 2017
It is early days but 2017 is set to become a record year for private equity-backed buyout deals, according to Preqin research. The research found that in 2016 there were 3985 deals recorded, representing a total value of US$319 billion. Preqin said ...

Spring FG enters property joint venture

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 JAN 2017
Diversified wealth management firm Spring Financial Group is entering a joint venture to provide property management, letting agency and resale services to its clients. Under the arrangement with Tessa Residential, which will initially focus on clients' ...