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CFS GAM rides $1bn infra wave

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... infrastructure funds and launch another fund in the European market. James O'Leary, CFS GAM head or property and alternative investments, said the growth in funds under management in its infrastructure investment business reflected its skill and a rising ...

BNY Mellon taps distressed debt

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
... 2006, which was in an environment of historically low and still declining default rates, Mellon Global Alternative Investments (MGAI) designed the fund to incorporate a full cycle approach. The credit crisis offered more opportunities to invest in debt ...

HSBC opens wholesale wealth mgmt Down Under

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
... businesses including Halbis (active management specialist) and Sinopia (quantitative specialist). HSBC Alternative Investments' fund of hedge funds and tailor-made institutional portfolios of hedge funds will also be made available in Australia. Genochio ...

Grant Samuel buys Tribeca stake

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
... multi-affiliated funds management business focusing on Australian Equities, International Equities and Alternative Investments. Under a partnership with global equity specialist boutique Epoch Investment Partners, Grant Samuel recently launched their ...

Ben Davis bags CIMA scholarship

... the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) acknowledged that the unprecedented demand for alternative investments in the past two years has redesigned the investment analysis landscape - inspiring industry leaders to go back to school to ...

Instos change mandate strategies

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
... asset managers. According to the Mercer 2007 Manager Search Trends report, the number of searches for alternative investments rose by roughly 20 per cent on the previous year. Real estate was the most popular search, which rose five-fold during the year ...

Austock Life strikes $100m

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
... Perpetual funds were also suited up with new options. "We are seeing an emerging market for insurance bonds as alternative investments to superannuation, especially for investors facing age-based or work-test contribution restrictions. Monies exiting ...

130/30 demand drops

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... shakeout coupled with ongoing demand for sustainable returns should in turn spur investors to turn to alternative investments. "More and more are going to realise that endowment funds, who are putting up to 30 per cent into alternative investments for ...

Soft commodity a hard buy

... agricultural-based and commodity-based funds to find enough assets. Craig Swanger, Macquarie Group head of alternative investments said Macquarie created a pastoral fund three years ago that invested in Australian farms to benefit from rising soft commodity ...

Short selling shouldn't be sold short

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
The overreaction against short selling and securities lending need to calm down, said Greenwich Alternative Investments. "Short selling provides liquidity and allows you to make calls in both directions," said Ryan Pearson, Greenwich senior vice president ...