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Henderson appoints executive director

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... was responsible for the indirect property team, which included managing Henderson's flagship European pooled property fund of funds, and had strategic oversight of a number of european and global client mandates. Rob Adams, executive chairman of Henderson ...

Clime added to Macquarie Wrap platform

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
Clime Investment Management's Clime Australia Growth Value Fund has been added to the Macquarie Wrap platform. The Clime Australian Value Growth Fund is an equity fund designed to provide investors consistent capital growth and a growing level of income ...

BlackRock to buy private equity business

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
US investment manager BlackRock will acquire Swiss Re's European private equity and infrastructure fund of funds franchise, Private Equity Partners. The sale of Swiss Re's US$7.5bn unit is expected to be completed by the end of Q3, according to a statement ...

NAB winds up private equity arm

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
... the closure represents the last of direct private equity investments by Big Four Australian banks. MLC's private equity fund of funds business, which operates as a manager of managers program will not be affected.

Instos increase alternative allocations

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012
... co-mingled vehicles to tailored solutions." HSBC has moved to operate as much in an advisory capacity on alternatives as a fund of funds, driven by demand from clients, particularly in Europe, according to Sultan, where consolidation in the industry ...

The revival of stock picking

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... stock picking is the area in which to make the best money in the current environment, according to a bold prediction from fund of hedge fund manager Fauchier Partners. Success however, requires a change in thinking on the part of fund managers. "Last ...

Citi wins elite investment firm mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... DiLorenzo, managing director of Guggenheim Investment Advisory. "We were able to leverage our hedge single manager and fund of funds capabilities to create a service solution adapted to Guggenheim's open architecture model," said Neeraj Sahai, Global ...

UK manager enters local market

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... Advance Emerging Capital focuses on emerging and frontier markets and will work with AFM to introduce direct equities and fund of fund opportunities locally. John Donovan, AFM's managing director, said the local institutional market was expressing interest ...

Co-contrib changes need advice strategy update

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
IOOF has cautioned advisers to prepare for the proposed reduction of the co-contribution matching rate from July 1, potentially impacting on a popular strategy for low income clients. Currently low income earners can co-contribute $1,000 into their ...

APRA accepts EU from former Trio director

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... entities as well as the responsible entity of a managed investment scheme known as the Astarra Strategic Fund (the ASF), a fund of hedge funds. Last month the government annoucned it would begin reimbursing the super accounts of over 5,000 people whose ...