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Towers Watson hires senior consultant

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... research on a range of issues, including currency management, global macro investing, direct investing by asset owners, hedge funds and investment manager fees."

Fidante buys UK alternatives manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... the UK. Dexion Capital also manages London-listed alternative asset fund Dexion Absolute Limited, which invests in hedge funds. "This represents a significant step-up in our European presence and is an important part of our international distribution ...

Australian alternatives assets top $250 billion

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... continue to have strong interest in asset classes like real estate, infrastructure, liquid alternatives (for example, hedge funds) both in Australia and overseas. "Real assets is still a relatively new class and while there are many offerings in the ...

Hedge fund returns down 10% in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
Top hedge funds in Australia averaged 15.6% returns in 2014, but the overall sector delivered 10% less than the previous year. This is according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) 2014 hedge funds survey, which examined 27 ...

New video series demystifies hedge funds

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... released a series of seven educational videos aimed at demystifying some of strategies and key concepts from the world of hedge funds. The short videos have been made for Man subsidiary AHL, which is focused on quantitative investing in the managed futures ...

FoFA among top 20 global regulatory nightmares

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... require banks to hold more capital, or the Volcker Rule in the United States that limits the bank's relationships with hedge funds and private equity funds to prevent them from making speculative investments. The US Dodd-Frank Act, a major regulatory ...

Blue Sky raises $20m for LIC

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... actively managed portfolio of alternative assets across private equity and venture capital, water and agriculture, hedge funds and private real estate. Blue Sky chief investment officer, Alexander McNab, said alternatives enhance the risk/return characteristics ...

Instos demanding multi-asset alternative strategies

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... classes. "The hedge fund industry has doubled since the global financial crisis and in 2014 we saw more flows into hedge funds than in any year since 2008," said Rupert Smoker, acting general manager of regulated fiduciary services at Perpetual. "Local ...

AMP Capital appoints distribution head

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... overall responsibility for the sales of AMP Capital's global listed and unlisted infrastructure, global REITs and hedge funds. Richard Shields, who was managing director for the UK, Europe and Middle East will now focus primarily on the Middle East. ...

Hedge funds bare all to seduce instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... if consumers understand it, then that builds trust and widens the investor base." While this is a global trend for hedge funds, the phenomenon is even more acute in Australia, where superannuation fund members expect their funds to be fully transparent ...