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Platinum merger no cure for active managers' challenges

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... growth and bolster the combined entity's financial position. "L1 appears to offer a broader product range, including hedge funds (applying long/short strategies), activist funds, and real estate investments. Platinum's offering is more narrowly focused ...

No US recession priced in yet: UniSuper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... that out, I actually think the big part of the move was more likely the type of trading activity you'd see in hedge funds," he said. "When you look at the interaction between bonds and derivative markets, it looked like a lot of holders who had borrowed ...

Perpetual appoints demerger specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... operational risk review of the business. He also worked at NAB Asset Management, J.P. Morgan and several boutique hedge funds. Song began his career as a solicitor with KPMG. Perpetual chief operating officer James MacNevin said: "Song has extensive ...

Axius names executive director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... covering alternative and traditional investment sectors such as credit, real estate, private equity, infrastructure, hedge funds, equities, and structured product solutions. Before working with the CBA, Filippelis was country head of the Australian investment ...

Colonial First State loses private markets manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... joined CH Warman Group, the family office that invests in a diverse range of asset classes, including listed equities, hedge funds and private equity. Cheang joined CFS four years ago from AMP Capital. Before that, he was a senior analyst at BT Financial ...

TenCap hedge fund eyes $3bn AUM

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025
... risk controls, it actually fits into the Australian equities bucket from an asset allocation perspective, not into hedge funds... So, in fact, it fits into the largest bucket of most people's investment universes." Liu said: "In a way, we are actually ...

VFMC wraps up leadership changes

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... international equities. In another significant move, Andrew Korbel will take on the newly created position of head of hedge funds. Korbel also works in the absolute returns team as a senior portfolio manager. Arriving in 2009, this is his second stint ...

Quant fund hires from JP Morgan

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... classes. The ECCM Systematic Trend Fund was recently awarded Best Global Macro and Managed Futures Fund for 2024 at the Hedge Funds Rock & Australian Alternative Investment Awards.

Mason Stevens names head of asset allocation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2024
... management, trading, macroeconomic and quantitative research, and risk management. "Brad's experience spans across global hedge funds and leading financial institutions. His deep understanding of portfolio construction, dynamic asset allocation, product ...

Former Frontier alts head joins Evergreen

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024
... management teams. He moved into asset consulting five years ago. Swaak brings extensive experience in quantitative finance, hedge funds, and investment management. He departed Frontier after the asset consultant restructured its research team and folded ...