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Hedge fund forum delivers expert speakers next month

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... how international developments such as Dodd Frank and the Volcker Rule will profoundly affect Australian alternative investments. Attendees can also learn how to start a hedge fund business from those who have done it themselves with insights into the ...

Rates rise in Italy while Cypriot pension funds withdraw cash

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... has reported that Cypriot pension funds have reduced their cash deposit allocations and are looking at alternative investments such as pooled money market funds, other banks, hedge funds, private equity and infrastructure.

Instos go direct as hedge funds industry moves

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
... Australia gets much more involved in the top down strategy decisions, said Chris Smith, regional product head, alternative investments, HSBC. "They would be driving governance requirements, liquidity transparency requirements and define interaction with ...

HSBC targets instos with hedge fund solution

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... according to HSBC, which has launched its customised hedge fund and alternative solutions in Australia. HSBC Alternative Investments Limited (HAIL) is a hedge fund advisory business with US$28 billion invested globally, which HSBC Global Investments ...

Credit Suisse appoints former BlackRock MD

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... services the superannuation sector. "Will has a mandate to grow all three of our business lines, across alternative investments, asset allocation and advisory and emerging markets," said Neil Harvey, head of asset management, Asia Pacific. "We are confident ...

Bentham wins $350 million mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... biggest holder of mandates in the year to December 2010 with 157 outstanding. Of those mandates, 82 were in alternative investments, one in cash, 13 in fixed interest, four in Australian fixed interest, 29 in property, 14 in international equities, 11 ...

UniSuper to shed mandates

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... mandates outstanding as of December 2010. More than half the charters - 98 in total - were allocated to alternative investments such as airports in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, a Texas toll road and some plantations. Some of the contracts were with ...

Market volatility making boomers nervous

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... allocation models to deal with market volatility with 51 per cent of adviser respondents agreeing that alternative investments manage volatility.

PE-Backed IPO exits top $10bn in 2011 YTD

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... last year and is already $10 billion year to date 2011. Preqin, a research firm that specialises in the alternative investments sector, has just released a survey showing that there were 145 IPO exits in 2010. This was double the value of all exits in ...

Statewide cuts staff, boost sales

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... with Australian equities, global equities and fixed income. It will also continue to reduce its overall alternative investments exposure, said O'Flaherty. "[Alternatives exposure] is about 33 to 34 per cent at the moment, we're trying to get it down ...