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Local hedge funds fighting for insto attention

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
Local hedge funds are still battling super funds' preference to look offshore for alternatives exposure, according to Hedge Funds Rock and The Australian Hedge Fund Awards co-founder Kim Ivey. Ahead of the awards night in September, Ivey said this is ...

Instos demanding ESG metrics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
Institutional investors are calling for metrics to analyse companies' environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices in the belief that these can correlate with positive financial performance. Michele Giuditta, associate director at global analytics ...

Henderson insto flows turn positive

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
Investment manager Henderson says its first half results were dominated by market uncertainty around the Brexit referendum, underpinning the importance of global diversification in the business. In a statement to the ASX yesterday, Henderson chief executive ...

Advisers need to leverage enormous ETF winds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
Exchange traded fund providers and financial advisers need to leverage the "enormous winds" created by ETFs in building better client investment portfolios, according to a leading industry executive. Speaking at the Financial Standard Exchange Traded ...

Absolute returns no longer the domain of instos

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
A wider range of self-directed and self-managed superannuation fund investors are recognising the benefits and role of absolute return strategies in a balanced portfolio. This is the thought of Henderson Global Investors' head of alternative Australian ...

Instos begin litigation against Volkswagen

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
A firm with Australian origins is leading the funding for institutional investor litigation against Volkswagen AG, with the first of two suits filed in Germany this week. Bentham Europe, a subsidiary of Australian-founded Bentham Ventures, said global ...

Liquidnet launches new equity algorithms for instos

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
Liquidnet has launched a new suite of liquidity-focused Asia-Pacific equity algorithms for institutional investors. In a statement, Liquidnet said the new suite "offers enhanced control for buy-side traders giving them the ability to set price limits ...

Insto oligopoly stifling advice M&A activity

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
There are still far more buyers than sellers for financial planning businesses due to 85% of licensees being controlled by six institutions, according to Connect Financial Service Brokers chief executive Paul Tynan. Despite what Tynan perceives as a ...

New energy benchmark guide for instos

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
A new benchmark of globally-listed industrial companies and their energy productivity will guide institutional investors looking to decarbonise portfolios and assess who is capitalising on energy efficiencies. The Energy Productivity Index, which analyses ...

Saxo appoints Australia CEO and insto head

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
Saxo Capital Markets has appointed a new chief executive for Australia and a local head of institutional business. Ben Smoker joins Saxo as its new Australian chief executive. Previously he was country head - Australia at NYSE-listed GAIN Capital, and ...