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Hedge funds under cost pressure from brokers

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
Hedge funds are facing higher trading costs and changes to business relationships that are hurting margins in the wake of new regulations on banks and prime brokers, a new global survey of the industry by EY reveals. Regulations such as Basel III and ...

Telstra Super CIO to leave fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... relationships with the Queensland government and investment opportunities, and relationships, across the global sovereign wealth fund and public fund community." Frawley said: "Jim is a well-regarded and successful investment executive and brings very ...

Sovereign wealth funds banking on Aussie innovation

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
Sovereign wealth funds are leading investment in the Australian private equity and venture capital industry, contributing 26% of new fundraising in the past financial year. Not only did overseas investors jump on Australian entrepreneurs in 2015, they ...

CalPERS sells $4.2bn in real estate assets

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
... US$100 billion worth of property. At the same time, Norges Bank Investment Management, the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, released a report analysing real estate as an asset class. The fund said that "the vast majority of academic studies come ...

Oil price fall forces sovereign funds to switch gears

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
Oil and gas export revenues are helping fund three quarters of sovereign wealth fund assets globally, but as oil prices remain lower, sovereign funds are expected to focus on other parts of the economy. Moody's Investors Survey research of global sovereign ...

Future Fund's morphing objective

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... Ambiguity around the Future Fund and whether it's a fund for public servants' super or a genuine Australian sovereign wealth fund continues to challenge the fund's leadership. Speaking in Perth yesterday, Future Fund managing director David Neal believes ...

Future Fund issues return warning

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... doubled the value of original government contributions since its inception. Since its launch in May 2006, the sovereign wealth fund has added $57.3 billion in investment returns to the government's original contributions, which were valued at $60.5 billion ...

UK govt tempts super funds with real estate projects

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
The UK government has enlisted a former Lord Mayor of London and property expert to pitch flagship real estate projects to Australian superannuation funds. Sir Michael Bear served in one of the world's oldest surviving elected roles from 2010 to 2011. ...

Super funds need to compete globally

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... to "overcome them and truly be global investors." "What's the pension fund in Toronto doing? What's the sovereign wealth fund in Beijing doing? What's the Central Bank doing in Europe? They're the people you're competing against for assets," McLaughlin ...

Pengana and PanAgora strike new deal

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
Global quantitative manager PanAgora Asset Management will bring its institutional funds management capabilities to the Australian retail market through an agreement struck with Pengana Capital. The deal expands Pengana's investment solutions with a ...