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Regal bags hedge fund award

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... across Asia. Eurekahedge is one of the world's largest independent data providers and research houses for alternative investments. The Amazon Market Neutral fund has returned more than 14 per cent per year on average, net of fees, in the past five years. ...

Credit Suisse to focus on alternatives and EM

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
Credit Suisse Investments Australia (Credit Suisse) will focus on alternative investments and emerging markets after it sold the bulk of its fund offerings - credit and property portfolios worth $1.8 billion - to fund manager Challenger. While Credit ...

Investec gains $45m from instos for aircrafts

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
... assessing this type of investment on behalf of clients, and named aircraft leasing as one of their top alternative investments for this year. "There are a number of features of aircraft leasing that we consider attractive as an alternative investment ...

Russell recruits Asian specialists

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... DongKi Kim joined from Korea Life's international investment and risk team where he was responsible for alternative investments.

Lonsec research team expands

LONSEC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... Products Research Team and will be responsible for conducting reviews of structured products, hedge funds and alternative investments. As for Moncrieff's departure, Kennaway said, "While it is disappointing to be losing Bronwen, she heads off to the ...

Russell hires Telstra Super portfolio manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
... is part of Russell's strategy to provide investors with opportunities to increase exposure to illiquid alternative investments, such as unlisted global property, that Russell believes are approaching the end of their valuation cycle. Russell is actively ...

Russell in hiring spree, Elkins departs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... Investments. This move is part of Russell's strategy to provide investors with increased exposure to illiquid alternative investments, such as unlisted global property, that Russell believes are approaching the bottom of their valuation cycle. Russell ...

Alternatives by any other name

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
Cerulli Associates has released new research that sharpens the definition of alternative investments, giving some fresh insight for investors that have long struggled with assessing the category The Boston-based firm consulted the US finance district ...

Frontier reweighs alternatives

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
... re-test the way they invest in the asset class, how their current investments are going and how they access alternative investments in the future. "We do quite a bit of work in manager reviews, asking questions like 'does this make sense? Is this asset ...

BT adds oil and gold to super portfolios

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
... that things seem to be moving in the right direction across corporate credit," she said. Evans said its alternative investments, including absolute return strategies, had performed well and the research had reinforced an active position to take advantage ...