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Blue Sky to raise $20m for alternatives fund

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... vehicle. The directly-managed portfolio is invested across private equity and venture capital, water and agriculture, hedge funds and private real estate. Blue Sky chief investment officer Alexander McNab said the raise would be a chance for investors ...

Not over yet for active management

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... are tilting their active investment allocations towards areas that are very hard to optimise such as private equity, hedge funds and infrastructure. However, to get investment return value from these strategies the allocations have to be high, as the ...

Revised legislation to ease foreign access to local managers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... approach to formulating an IMR that addresses many impediments that have deterred investment into Australian based hedge funds,"A Chadwick said. However, AIMA voiced its concerns about aspects of the IMR legislation which could penalise smaller funds ...

Fixed income offers little equity risk protection: CFM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... to harvest risk premia in capital markets. Jordan said the strategy poses an attractive alternative to traditional hedge funds, many of which have under-performed in recent years. Firstly, at a 1% on-going management fee and a 10% outperformance fee ...

European insurers attract dividend seekers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... management. In Australia it manages $1.7 billion comprised mainly of international bonds supported by absolute return and hedge funds capability.

Alternatives managers asked to help more with fees

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
More than half of investors in hedge funds and other alternatives say changes to fee structures can better align their interests with fund managers, according to a recent survey by data and research provider Preqin. Of the five major alternative asset ...

Blue Sky reports $2.6 million profit

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... assets. "Investor allocations to the traditional alternative asset classes of private equity and venture capital, hedge funds, infrastructure, private real estate and real assets are increasing," Sowerby said. "Alternative assets are becoming mainstream ...

Alternatives sector shaped by regulation, customer demand

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... Lonsec's recently published Alternatives Sector Review. Lonsec's research covered 33 investment products, including hedge funds and private equity, and concluded that performance in many cases was adversely affected by regulatory changes and demands ...

Hedge funds were top alternatives performers in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
Hedge funds accounted for over half of the asset growth across alternatives in 2014, despite their underwhelming performance during the past year, a Preqin report found. In 2014, hedge funds posted returns of 3.78%, which represents the lowest average ...

Hedge fund growth problem not helped by new products

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... nearly US$956 billion in assets under management and 65 institutional investors with over US$220 billion allocated to hedge funds. Topics covered in the survey include managers' strategies to achieve growth, infrastructure investments, expenses and cybersecurity. ...