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Latin America: the best-kept investment secret

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
With strong growth characteristics and increasing diversification of trade, Latin America's Pacific Alliance presents many opportunities for investors. The alliance - comprising Colombia, Chile, Peru and Mexico - was described as a "secret well kept" ...

Blue Sky profits underscore alternatives opportunity

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
Blue Sky Alternative Investments reported a 97% boost in statutory net profit after tax to $20.7 million in its annual results, an outcome managing director Robert Shand believes underpins the firm's value proposition to clients looking for opportunities ...

Industry fund continues in-house investment expansion

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
Industry super fund Cbus is continuing to expand its in-house investment capability with the appointment of a senior portfolio manager, fixed interest and cash. Michael Swan, formerly of boutique fixed income asset manager Brookline Partners, joins ...

Insto trading volumes surge

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
Institutional trading volumes inside Liquidnet's global network jumped 44% in the three months to December 2016, outpacing the Australian public markets. Liquidnet's latest figures also show about $2.7 billion of principal was traded, driven by growing ...

Private equity sector resilient

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
Private equity remains resilient despite experiencing a global economic rollercoaster in 2016, according to new a report from Bain and Company. Fundraising and exit activity remain strong, while returns outperformed public markets over the short and ...

TIAA appoints Franklin Templeton co-president

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
A former co-president at Franklin Templeton will join TIAA Global Asset Management in January as chief operating officer. Vijay Advani, who will also be appointed president, was an instrumental figure at Franklin Templeton for 21 years. He oversaw long-term ...

Former IFM exec joins Cbus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
Cbus is welcoming the next wave of its investment team expansion, appointing three new specialists including a former executive director at IFM Investors. Linda Cunningham will join the $34 billion industry fund as manager, debt and is tasked with overseeing ...

Preqin research highlights surge in private capital sector

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
Assets under management in the global private capital industry reached $5.7 trillion in 2015, up from $5.3 trillion in 2014 and $3.8 trillion in 2010. According to Preqin research, private equity firms hold the majority ($3.8 trillion) of this amount ...

Multi-asset fund launches on ASX

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
A global multi-asset fund which is the brainchild of AMP Capital's Shane Oliver and Nader Naeimi is now trading on the ASX through the firm's alliance with BetaShares. The AMP Capital Dynamic Markets Fund (Hedge Fund) becomes the third active exchange-traded ...

AMP Capital partners to launch first active infra ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
AMP Capital has partnered to launch Australia's first actively-managed listed infrastructure exchange-traded fund. Working with BetaShares, AMP Capital has listed the AMP Capital Global Listed Infrastructure Securities Fund (Unhedged) (Managed Fund) ...