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Managed accounts take the hassle out of hedge funds

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
... institutional clients. The buy-side platform offers investors access to the wide variety of strategies within the fund of hedge funds' stable; including global macro, event driven, fixed income and long/short equity. Today the platform has around $8 ...

Hedge fund growth plans hampered by lack of demand

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
... who collectively manage nearly US$850 billion and 65 institutional investors with over US$190 billion allocated to hedge funds. Topics covered in the survey include strategic priorities for hedge funds, changes in revenues and costs, technology, headcount ...

"Boring" hedge funds shake gung-ho reputation

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... alternatives are becoming less attractive, according to the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA). Hedge funds have been traditionally seen as the preserve of the ultra-rich - expensive, high risk vehicles that chase returns at any cost. ...

Blue Sky targets mandate wins with $19m capital raise

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... approximately $400 million in assets under management (AUM) across private equity, private real estate, real assets and hedge funds.

Towers Watson adds five to investment team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
... base. Two of the five are investment consultants: Craig Mercer and Sean O'Shea. Mercer will take on the role of senior hedge funds and alternatives consultant at the firm. His most recent role was as head of the London office for Dalton Investments LLC. ...

Half of infrastructure investors unhappy with fee structures

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... significantly higher than for any other alternative asset class. In comparison, 36% of institutional investors in hedge funds, 33% of institutional investors in private equity and 28% of institutional investors in private real estate funds disagree that ...

Investment industry urged to put society first

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... goals. "Mainstream asset management businesses are being nibbled away by low cost exchange traded funds on one side and hedge funds on the other," he explained. "The more interesting jobs for investment professionals are increasingly within superannuation ...

Sovereign Wealth Funds surge to $5 trillion

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... representing 22% of sovereign wealth funds globally by number. The proportion of funds investing in private equity and hedge funds has decreased in the past year from 57% and 38% respectively in 2012 to 45% and 31% in 2013. Meanwhile, appetite for real ...

ASIC rescues lower risk products from 'hedge fund' label

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... under RG 240," ASIC commissioner Greg Tanzer said. "This will also benefit investors by more clearly differentiating hedge funds from other types of managed investment schemes so that they can better understand and assess these products." ASIC's disclosure ...

Sovereign wealth funds up alternatives exposure in 2012

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
... funds have significantly increased their allocations to alternative assets such as real estate, private equity and hedge funds, according to a recent Invesco survey. The fund manager's annual Global Sovereign Asset Management Study revealed that 69% ...