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Alternative investment manager opens Sydney office

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
A Paris-based investment manager which specialises in alternative beta strategies is eyeing opportunities in Australia with views to opening a Sydney office next year. Speaking at a media lunch in Sydney yesterday, Capital Funds Management (CFM) president ...

Why it shouldn't be called impact investing

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
Sunsuper trustee director Michael Traill believes the industry has done itself a massive disservice by using the term "impact investing." Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference, Traill suggested that ...

A hedge fund by any other name

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
... larger than many investors realise, even if some managers don't label themselves that way - but according to Alternative Investment Management Association general manager Australia Michael Gallagher, if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's ...

Blue Sky profits underscore alternatives opportunity

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
Blue Sky Alternative Investments reported a 97% boost in statutory net profit after tax to $20.7 million in its annual results, an outcome managing director Robert Shand believes underpins the firm's value proposition to clients looking for opportunities ...

Roaring forties produce super member tailwinds

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
... little to portfolio returns due to increases in long term interest rates." "Consequently we have added alternative investment strategies to our defensive asset allocation with the aim of reducing the dependence on interest rates," Tully said. The super ...

Liquidnet opens doors to Pakistani equities

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
... where this can be extremely challenging." As previously reported in Financial Standard, a survey by the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) found that half of alternative asset managers with offices outside the EU will apply MiFID II ...

Property overpowers asset class returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
... returns, slower growth and overvalued markets, we believe investors need access to a wider and deeper set of alternative investment strategies to reduce their reliance on traditional return drivers. Otherwise, many will be unable to grow their assets ...

Investment managers turning to hungry retail market

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
... platforms. Channel Capital head of distribution Andrew King says this reflects a "growing appetite for alternative investment exposures - i.e. assets that are uncorrelated to traditional asset classes." "This is a trend we have been observing for some ...

Transport bolsters listed infrastructure demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... particularly airports and toll road networks are highly favourable to institutional investors looking for alternative investment opportunities, Deutsche Asset Management head of investment specialists of liquid real assets for Asia Pacific and Europe ...

EU markets directive to reshape global alternatives

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
... management to a third country, this figure rises to 90%. These findings are based on a survey conducted by the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), which highlighted the extent to which alternatives managers are struggling to come to ...