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Local hedge funds fighting for insto attention

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
... compliance and client service teams. This all takes time and money." At the same time, though, Ivey said that alternatives managers are attracting increasing non-institutional flows due to "the demand for platform- friendly products from investors in ...

Fund managers fleeing UK post-Brexit: Preqin

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
Roughly a third of alternatives managers are investing less in the UK as a response to the Brexit referendum, according to Preqin research. The research, based on a survey of 140 alternative assets firms and 50 institutional investors, showed that the ...

Alternatives managers see record growth

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
The global alternative assets industry saw record growth to $10.5 trillion in 2015, according to Preqin research. The Preqin Global Alternatives Report for 2016 indicated that this was primarily driven by growth in private equity, which saw $274 billion ...

FEATURE: Alternatives - Taking the plunge

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... that institutional FUM in alternatives has increased by 64% over the past 12 months. However, Australian alternatives managers still detect some reticence from institutions, and one of the biggest reasons is the aversion to Buffett's bugbear: high fees. ...

Australian alternatives assets top $250 billion

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... largest hedge fund manager by pension fund assets under management. The survey shows that the top 10 local alternatives managers by funds under management are: Macquarie Group, Platinum Asset Management, AMP Capital, IFM Investors, Lend Lease, QIC, Colonial ...

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 ...

Managed accounts work for insto investors too

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... owners don't have to accept weaker governance and transparency practices that can be associated with some alternatives managers. To implement this, even though institutional investors may not set out looking for a managed account approach, Keith said. ...

Super funds have clout to demand transparency

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
Super funds should not be shy of demanding full holdings disclosure from alternatives managers in order to meet reporting standards, HOSTPLUS chief investment officer Sam Sicilia has said. Sicilia said that if the managers refuse to provide the information ...

Alternatives managers must be more transparent

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
Alternatives managers will need to be more transparent with their super fund investors in order to help them meet regulatory reporting requirements, according to BNP Paribas. Madhu Gayer, head of investment reporting and performance for Asia-Pacific ...

"Boring" hedge funds shake gung-ho reputation

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... other institutions are much more risk averse and have increasingly demanded capital protection from their alternatives managers. This has led to the emergence of absolute return, targeted volatility strategies. The mandates are simply very different ...