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Private equity manager secures insto mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
A global private equity firm signed a significant investment mandate with a sizeable Australian institutional investor. The institutional investor is yet to be named, but the mandate - which was secured in Blue Sky Alternative Investments' real assets ...

Hedge fund standards board expands APAC team

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... GIC, and PAG. "We welcome Danny and George to our APAC committee and are thrilled by how the Asia-Pacific alternative investment community has been embracing the standards," HFSB chair Amelia Fawcett said. "We thank our APAC committee members and the ...

Blue Sky exits pet food supplier

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2017
Blue Sky Alternative Investments sold its stake in Australia's largest online pet food and accessory supplier. The company invested in Pet Circle, owned by Millell, in 2013. Over that period, Blue Sky said Pet Circle achieved a "four times increase ...

Hedge funds lack confidence in data security

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
The latest report from KPMG and the Alternative Investment Management Association shows 60% of hedge fund managers lack confidence in the ability of government bodies to safeguard fund data and information once it leaves their firm. The report - compiling ...

Blue Sky partners for major US project

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has entered into a joint venture for a 5,000-bed student accommodation investment. Student Quarters, based in Atlanta, is a specialist student accommodation manager focused on properties in the US near universities with ...

FirstChoice Alternatives adds new macro manager

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
... fees return of the Reserve Bank of Australia cash rate plus 4% by investing in a diversified portfolio of alternative investment strategies.

Watermark makes two key hires

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... manager in response to the growing demand from financial advisers and self-directed investors looking for alternative investment strategies. Singh will play a key role in supporting Watermark's growing adviser network and in increasing Watermark's profile ...

RF Capital appoints senior Perpetual exec

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
RF Capital has appointed a global head of client, product and marketing. Prior to his new role, Dean Winterton was general manager distribution at Perpetual Investments - a position recently taken over by Matt Thompson, who originally joined Perpetual ...

NAB private wealth vet takes on key China relationship role

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
... being able to provide my clients and business associates with access to the SILC Group's extensive range of alternative investment opportunities." SILC Group managing director Koby Jones added: "We are very pleased to have someone with Helen's level ...

Machine learning to revolutionise investing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... future. Man's chief scientist Doctor Anthony Ledford believes the importance of machine learning to the alternative investment management industry has grown significantly, and will continue to do so, as it involves bigger and more complex data sets. ...