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US mulls borrowing limit on leveraged ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... proposed rule could treat leveraged ETFs like mutual funds, which could impact the way some investors, particularly hedge funds, use them. SEC chair Mary Jo White said in May that a final decision regarding the leveraged ETFs would be made this year. ...

StepStone signs KPMG investment team

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... hedge fund solutions in Europe. As part of the acquisition, StepStone will launch StepStone Private Debt and StepStone Hedge Funds, which will combine StepStone's global capabilities and institutional client network with Swiss Capital's deep expertise ...

Multi-asset products continue to grow

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... uncertainty, many managers have tried to diversify away from traditional asset classes and towards alternatives such as hedge funds, which were generally flat in 2015. So while multi-asset investing is certainly effective, it is not immune from the low-growth ...

Milliman calls out "failures of diversification"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... "a range of highly-diversified products with lower equity market exposure," including products with allocations to hedge funds, infrastructure and listed real estate. While Milliman said these asset classes can represent "beneficial risk management," ...

Future Fund keeps powder dry

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
... and infrastructure stand at 7.1% each, debt securities form 11.3% of the fund and finally alternatives, including hedge funds, amount for the remaining 12.7%. The fund returned a middling 0.2% for the first nine months of the financial year but, with ...

Another US pension giant exits hedge funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... pension plan New York City Employees' Retirement System (NYCERS) have voted to liquidate the fund's hedge fund holdings. Hedge funds represent about 2.8% of NYCER's total US$51.2 billion ($65.9 billion). Hedge funds have faced increased scrutiny in recent ...

Alternatives now used by 80% of instos

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... private equity or infrastructure, a significant proportion plan to limit their commitments to natural resources and hedge funds. "In this challenging fundraising environment, fund managers will have to be able to respond to investor concerns in order ...

ANZ Wealth alternatives head departs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... alternative investments at ANZ Wealth will leave the company tomorrow. Simon Ford has managed ANZ Wealth's real estate, hedge funds, private equity, infrastructure, credit, commodities and insurance investments for six years, having joined in 2009. Prior ...

Lack of scaleability curbs hedge fund appeal

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
Hedge funds are too nuanced to be scaled and investors shouldn't try to assemble them into portfolios, said a leading alternatives investment manager. "Investing in a hedge fund is a collectors' business. You're not building a portfolio but a collection ...

Blue Sky lifts profits

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... assets (primarily water and agriculture), private real estate (primarily residential and student accommodation) and hedge funds.