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Aussie agtech the focus for US fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... investing in agriculture technology. The Finistere Ventures II fund is targeting Australian institutional investors, family offices and high net worth individuals, as well as food and agriculture companies. The fundraising is expected to be completed ...

SMAs driving growth at fund manager Altair

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
... executive who was previously at Centric Wealth. Among Altair's clients outside of dealer groups are Australian-based family offices and high-net worth (HNW) investors. A growing band of fund managers are starting to provide SMA versions of their unit ...

Global divesting institutions reach 500

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... Hunter Hall Investment Management, Local Government Super and UniSuper (partial divestment) A number of Australian family offices and foundations are also in the list, which was made public as world leaders meet in Paris for the UN Climate Change Summit. ...

Family offices well ahead on gender equality

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 8 NOV 2015
Data collected for the first time shows that family offices are more than seven times more likely to be led by female chief executives than the companies of the S&P500. The 2015 FOX Family Office Compensation and Benefits Report by Family Office Exchange ...

Ellerston named hedge fund of the year

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... funds," he said. "These investors include platforms and wraps in the retail financial services sector, as well as family offices that are ramping up their in-house capabilities to invest directly in hedge funds that offer a wide choice of investment ...

JBWere appoints philanthropic services head

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... was established in 2001 and is targeted at servicing the company's charity and not-for-profit clients as well as family offices interested in charitable causes. "I am excited to be leading a team of highly skilled professionals dedicated to providing ...

Macquarie exec leaves to join boutique fund manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... Lehman Brothers and UBS in the United States. "In addition to significant growth in our traditional client base of family offices and not-for-profit foundations, we are now responding to a much broader demand for our capabilities including a market neutral ...

Hedge funds face brain drain

LAURA MILLAN, MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... talent will move to the relatively unregulated and opaque family office sector. "Dodd-Frank gives an exemption to family offices that has always existed in the Investment Advisors Act 1940. It's a loop hole big enough for a 10 ton truck to drive through," ...

Crowe Horwath progressing growth ambitions

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... with Findex, Crowe Horwath is looking to broaden its financial advice offering by offering a full-service model to family offices. The merger significantly increases the scale of the accounting, audit, tax and financial advice provider, making it one ...

Australian funds turning to bourgeoning Asian REITs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... invest in. For instance, many real estate assets in the secondary market are owned by independent businesses or family offices and these owners may take the decision to sell to REITs to realise gains on their investments. Secondly, in a bid to recapitalise ...