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Record numbers achieve CFA charter

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2006
... study, covering topics such as ethical and professional standards, equity, debt and derivatives analysis, alternative investments, financial statement analysis, quantitative methods, economics, corporate finance, portfolio management, risk management ...

Absolute returns not high risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
... diversification. It's a complete misnomer to say its high risk." Ryan Pearson, senior vice president of GreenwichVan Alternative Investments, said, "Hedge funds are not necessarily a high risk play, its just a business model. They are not just there ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2006
... sale. As the local market gets flooded with money directed from compulsory superannuation legislation, alternative investments are being sourced from overseas on an increasingly large scale. Australian Fund managers have invested $7.2 million in the ...

HSBC alternatives eyes off Australian entry

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2006
HSBC Bank's Hong Kong based alternative investments group is the next in line among an array of international hedge fund managers lining up to enter the Australian market. Speaking at last month's Portfolio Construction Forum conference, senior director ...

Alternatives appetite triggers Russell re-shuffle

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2006
... team member in response to the increasingly aggressive appetite of Australian superannuation funds for alternative investments. Russell's director of alternative assets and strategies, Dr Andrew Goddard, said Russell's institutional clients are building ...

MLC promotes two in ThreeSixty

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2006
... two key internal promotions in its ThreeSixty research team ahead of plans to increase its research into alternative investments, at the same time extending its use of research from external providers. Lisa Boyce, former NSW state manager for MLC's business ...

CFS appoints REST chief

... Investment Review Committee...and play a key role in any transaction decisions taken by our Property and Alternative Investments Group," said Negus. Cochrane is currently on the board of The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and ...

Russell re-shuffle to tap alternatives with $8bn more on board

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2006
Russell Investment Group is tapping into the alternative investments boom, hiring several new senior consultants to boost its Melbourne based institutional team while at the same time receiving $8 billion in new mandates. Andrew Goddard will take on ...

Super funds keep tills ringing at Harris Alternatives

... Alternatives is reaping the benefits of the growing number of institutions that are allocating more money into alternative investments. "There's definitely been a dramatic increase. Five years ago, when I first started talking to Australian investors ...

S&P to rate its raters

... Lynch Investment Management (MLIM). On top of that, the mounting sums of superannuation money going into alternative investments and international property and equity funds have added pressure on ratings agencies to provide broader and more rigorous ...