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Blue Sky names new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
The former chief executive of Hastings Funds Management was named the new chair of Blue Sky Alternative Investments at an AGM that also saw the announcement of a new stakeholder in the business to accelerate its rebuild. Andrew Day will succeed John ...

Pinnacle drops fees in Blue Sky fund bid

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
Pinnacle has knocked off performance fees from its bid to manage the Blue Sky Alternatives Access Fund, bringing it in line with Wilson Asset Management's bid, according to LIC's directors. The two managers have put in proposals to gain the ...

Former Olympian to lead investment house

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... recently acquired Ascalon Capital Managers. This includes the launch of a seeding vehicle to invest in alternative investment funds in Asia Pacific. Generation Development Group said Hackett will also remain responsible for the distribution of Generation ...

Blue Sky LIC gets a new suitor

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
Geoff Wilson has thrown his hat in the ring for the troubled Blue Sky LIC which last week reached an agreement to appoint a Pinnacle affiliate as its new manager. Wilson Asset Management has sent a proposal to the LIC's non-executive directors, making ...

Private equity will become bigger than hedge funds: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
Private equity is poised to overtake hedge funds, becoming the largest asset class in alternatives in the next five years, according to new Preqin research. Preqin predicts assets in alternative investments will hit $19 trillion by 2023, up from $12 ...

University students to run hedge fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
... Wales, where students will run a concentrated long-short portfolio of ASX 300 stocks with ESG filters. Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) general manager Michael Gallagher worked with a university student to create the student-run hedge ...

Link expands in Europe

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2018
... Link Fund Solutions third-party was granted a license to act as a UCITS Management Company and Authorised Alternative Investment Fund Manager by Luxembourg's financial sector regulator. The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) awarded ...

Hedge fund industry body promotes Aussie talent

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... of a global industry body that represents more than $2 trillion of hedge fund or private credit assets. Alternative Investment Management Association's Australian board will now be chaired by AMP Capital's head of alpha strategies Alistair Rew ...

Blue Sky offloads six funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
Beleaguered Blue Sky Alternative Investments will sell its retirement living funds and its 50% stake in Aura Holdings, the operator of the retirement living business. Blue Sky today announced it signed a binding agreement with an offshore institutional ...

CCIV draws mixed reception: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
Australia's Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle (CCIV) initiative received mixed responses from the global asset management community planning to ramp up cross-border strategies in the next five years, State Street research shows. Of the 250 ...