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Hedge funds face brain drain

LAURA MILLAN, MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... in September 2014. At the same time, the Dodd-Frank reforms in the United States and the European Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive have heightened the regulatory environment that funds are facing. A recent Financial Times investigation ...

BlackRock likes Japan, Europe

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... poor stewards of capital. He said a telling factor in BlackRock's strategy was the Japanese Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) increasing domestic equities exposure to 25%. Estes added that at the household level, Japanese held 56% of their assets ...

Philanthropic LICs a triple win: Wilson

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... for investors, fund managers and charities, Future Generation founder Geoff Wilson said. The Future Generation Investment Fund (FGX) is a $200 million fund of funds listed in the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in which managers provide their services ...

Cross-border distribution low despite initiatives

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... here and overseas are complicated and continually increasing. New frameworks such as UCITS V and the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) mean distributors have to comply with more stringent rules."

Managed funds jump $115 billion

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
Managed funds grew by $115.2 billion in the 12 months to end of March, according to the latest report from researcher Plan For Life. Retail managed funds ended the year up $45.3 billion (or 14.4%) to total $742.7 billion. Most of the leading companies ...

New kid on the block

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
"There's talk on the street; it sounds so familiar Great expectations, everybody's watching you... Everybody's talking 'bout the new kid in town." - Eagles Well, not quite yet Virginia but, if recent reports are confirmed there'll be a new kid in the ...

BTIS makes two senior hires

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... have responsibility for managing the multi-manager process, including sector portfolio performance, enhancing the investment fund manager research capability, and overseeing the blending and monitoring process. He moved into his new role on 1 May and ...

World's largest sovereign wealth fund divests coal

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... finance Tom Sanzillo saying that "Coal markets globally are in the midst of a wrenching structural decline. No investment fund in the world-be it university, pension or institutional-can make a compelling financial case to hold these equities in their ...

Even simple funds pose risks: IMF

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
Even simple investment funds, including long only mutual funds, can pose financial stability risks, warns the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The international body's recent update to its Global Financial Stability Report offered five policy messages ...

MLC multi-manager funds get highest rating

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
MLC has been awarded the highest rating - '5 Apples' - by research house ChantWest for its range of multi-manager funds. ChantWest identified the flagship 'Horizon 4 - Balanced' fund, which returned 6.8% per annum in the 10 years to June 2014 (after ...