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Geopolitical risks push APAC family office allocations locally

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2024
... increase their allocation in private equity (24% direct investments and 32% funds/funds of funds), private debt (28%) and hedge funds (31%) in the next five years, indicating their need for greater diversification," he said. Family offices from North ...

Family offices up active management, eye generative AI: UBS

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
... is the second most popular strategy, with 35% of family offices diversifying in this way, while 33% are turning to hedge funds for diversification. Meanwhile, generative AI is the top investment theme with 78% of family offices planning to invest in ...

Fidelity confirms active ETFs to launch in coming weeks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
After receiving approval from unitholders to create a new class of units for several of its funds, Fidelity International will launch four active ETFs by June 3. Earlier this month, Financial Standard reported Fidelity's plans to expand its range of ...

The top investment funds over the past year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... CleanSpark, and Marathon Digital Holdings - account for nearly 50% of the fund's weighting. The Global X Ultra Long NDQ 100 Hedge Fund (ASX: LNAS) came second with an 84.5% return. The fund offers investors positively geared exposure to the Nasdaq-100 ...

Blue Owl hires from Fidelity for APAC private wealth lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
... director and head of investment specialists, funds Hong Kong, at Julius Baer. He also spent 10 years at a leading quant-based hedge fund overseeing global fund distribution. Connor said Santer's appointment builds on Blue Owl's existing private wealth ...

Global Alternative Funds names managing director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024
... asset classes spectrum, of private credit, private equity, infrastructure and venture capital. It does not invest in hedge funds, cryptocurrency or natural resources. Private equity makes up about a third of GAF's investments, with private credit ...

Citi Australia managing director takes on expanded remit

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2024
... returned to Citi, where she'd previously served as director of equities. Prior to her return, she was the managing director of hedge fund sales at Austock Securities, before moving on to become managing director of Ecofin Australia, formerly Change Investment ...

Investment managers embracing AI: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... classes. Equities lead the way, with 61% of managers seeing significant prospects for value creation, followed by hedge funds at 53% and digital assets at 45%. Meanwhile, 47% of managers see significant potential for value creation in fixed income. "In ...

Sexism in the City: UK financial sector slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... added that funds management has the poorest female representation, with just 12% of portfolio managers being women. Hedge funds and private equity also have poor representation of women. Other recommendations made by the Committee include urging all ...

Family offices still love hedge funds: Preqin

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
The number of family office investors allocating to hedge funds increased by 10% from 2022 to 2023, and has doubled since 2015, according to new research by Preqin. The Preqin Fundraising from Family Offices report stated that family offices across ...
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