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Macquarie leads alternatives pack

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... commodities (1%). Illiquid credit experienced the strongest growth with AUM doubling to US$360 billion. Conversely, direct hedge fund assets dropped 12% to $675 billion year-on-year. Willis Towers Watson senior investment consultant Nick Kelly said ...

The problem with currency extrapolation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
... Just as rational when the A$ was predicted to head higher. In May 2011, a global currency expert from a British-based hedge fund predicted that the A$ "will reach $US1.30 by 2013 - and $US1.70 by 2014, as the greenback relinquishes its 'exorbitant privilege' ...

Quant not active management blasphemy: Robeco BP

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
... developed over 25 years," he said. "In my past life I worked at Tudor Investments, which is a pretty-well known US hedge fund. If you'd told us about quant back then, we would've said, 'What do you mean? Quant stuff is for the geeks!'" Now, though, Farren ...

Global asset management fees continue to fall

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
Funds management fees have fallen globally across several asset classes amid rising competition from cheaper products and greater scrutiny by investors looking to cut costs. The latest bfinance report examines the fees of more than 160 money managers ...

Super assets hit $2.3 trillion

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
Superannuation assets including MySuper reported double-digit growth in the 12 months to March, according to quarterly figures from APRA. While total superannuation assets grew to $2.3 trillion, up 11.2% on the prior year, MySuper assets (part of the ...

Aussie hedge fund eyes US expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
An award-winning Australian hedge fund manager is setting up shop in the US with a Manhattan office and new local and international hires. NWQ Capital Management, based in Perth and led by managing partners Jonathan Horton and Stuart McClure, has appointed ...

Sunsuper hires investment manager from Mercer

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
Sunsuper has appointed a new investment manager. Scott McNally joins Sunsuper from Mercer Investment Consulting, where he was a manager research consultant. Prior to that, he was an investment consultant at Sovereign Investment Research. McNally also ...

WTW launches insto platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
Willis Towers Watson has launched a platform that aims to clean up operational complexities facing investment managers and disrupt the world of institutional investing. The Asset Management Exchange or 'AMX' provides a centralised back-office and standardised ...

Republic Capital chief executive departs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
Republic Capital's chief executive left the company after four months in the position. Joining in September 2016, and having been chief executive of Resource Super for three years, Tim Baker left Republic Capital in January this year. He has previously ...

Coolabah Capital hires former Energy Super chair

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... Bob Henricks, who chaired Energy Super for 20 years. Ashley Kabel, meanwhile, joins as a portfolio manager from UK hedge fund Cambridge Securities. "Without any active marketing we have secured strong support on the back of our performance from sophisticated ...