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State Street appoints head of alternatives in Asia

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
... "Asia is one of the most significant growth areas for our alternative servicing business," State Street alternative investment solutions business managing director Bhagesh Malde said. "State Street's recent global research shows that more capital has ...

Demand for alternatives sees Blue Sky profits rise

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has reported a 60% increase in after tax profit of $6.24 million for the full year to 30 June. The alternatives fund manager's revenue grew 69% from $14.2 million to $24.0 million. The company will pay a fully franked ...

A quarter of global instos plan to grow alternatives investment teams

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
More than a quarter of global institutional investors expect to grow their alternative investment teams over the next two years, according to the latest survey by Preqin. The specialist research house asked 380 global institutions who are active in ...

Blue Sky reveals asset allocation of first alternatives LIC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has allocated nearly 70% of the $60 million raised for its Alternatives Access Fund into a range of alternative assets including private equity and venture capital, water and agriculture, a hedge fund and private real ...

Global Wealth Partners to launch fund on ASX

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... underweight global assets," head of MAAM Andrew Martin said. GWP gives access to four leading US-based alternative investment managers with proven track records of protecting and growing capital over the medium-to-long term in mixed market conditions. ...

Select brings Neuberger Berman hedge fund strategy to Australia

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
Select Fund Services has made a Neuberger Berman fund-of-hedge-funds strategy available to retail and self-managed super fund (SMSF) investors. The launch of the Neuberger Berman ARMS Trust gives local investors access to the firm's Absolute Return ...

Frantic pace of alternatives growth revealed

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... assets under management hit US$5.7 trillion, up from US$5.1 trillion in 2012. Assets managed by the Top 100 alternative investment managers globally reached US$3.3 trillion in 2013, up from $3.1 trillion in 2012. Of the Top 100 alternative investment ...

AIMA appoints new general manager

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has appointed former hedge fund manager Michael Gallagher as general manager of its Australian National Group. Gallagher replaces Brett Ireland who has decided to focus on a full-time role elsewhere ...

EQT completes ANZ Trustees acquisition

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... services. ANZ will retain its capabilities on philanthropic advice, estate planning, investment management and alternative investment capabilities. "The focus for the business over the next 18 months will be to integrate the ANZT business into the existing ...

Sovereign wealth funds ramp up alternatives exposure

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
Sovereign wealth funds are increasingly investing new allocations to alternative asset classes, figures from the second annual Invesco Global Sovereign Asset Management Study show. The study was conducted amongst more than 50 individual sovereign investors ...