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Alternative beta corresponds with adviser risk concerns

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
An international quantitative investment manager with growing operations in Australia believes alternative investment strategies match the ongoing concerns investors and advisers hold around risk. Capital Fund Management head of Asia Pacific, Steve ...

Mercer increases Japanese footprint via acquisition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... entered an agreement to purchase BFC Asset Management, an independently-owned firm focused on providing alternative investment strategies to Japanese pension plan sponsors. In a statement Mercer said the acquisition enhances its abilities to address ...

Alternatives manager acquired by listed startup incubator

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
An investment manager specialising in alternatives strategies for family offices and sophisticated investors was acquired by a listed startup incubator. Yonder and Beyond (YNB), which launched in 2014 and provides support services to startup businesses ...

Blue Sky scores major pension fund mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has entered into an agreement with one of Canada's largest pension investment managers, which oversees about $140 billion in assets. Blue Sky explained that subject to regulatory approval by the Foreign Investment Review ...

DomaCom unitholders approve new trustee

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... supporting innovative products such as DomaCom Fund which utilises exciting new technology to provide new and alternative investment options." In addition, DomaCom provided an update as to its ongoing Federal Court hearing as to the SMSF related party/sole ...

Hedge fund sector flourishing: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
Global hedge fund managers are increasingly setting up shop in offshore tax havens as demand for alternative investment strategies continues to soar, latest IOSCO research shows. The International Organization of Securities Commissions' (IOSCO) biannual ...

Rising alternatives manager appoints new MD

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
... Kong, where he was a private equity consultant. Prior to that, he was regional head of HSBC's Asia-Pacific alternative investment group, a portfolio manager at Evolution Capital Management and a trader at Optionmax. Longreach chief executive and former ...

Markets prompt adviser asset allocation review: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
Extreme market conditions are forcing most advisers to reassess client portfolios and consider alternative investment options, latest survey data reveals. About two-thirds (63%) of 200 financial advisers canvassed in Russell Investments' Australian ...

GSFM scores major alternatives partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
... Grant Samuel Funds Management has entered into a strategic retail distribution partnership to offer new alternative investment products to Australian and New Zealand investors. Using Grant Samuel Funds Management's extensive retail distribution network ...

Alternatives managers celebrated at annual event

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
... Macquarie Australia Plus Fund has taken out a key accolade at the 2017 Hedge Funds Rock and Australian Alternative Investment Awards. The awards, which recognise alternative investment managers who have produced superior risk adjusted returns and those ...