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PIMCO hires real estate strategist

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... Globally, PIMCO's alternatives offerings span a range of strategies with more than 100 investment professionals overseeing hedge fund and opportunistic/distressed strategies, including global macro, credit relative value, multi-asset volatility and opportunistic ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
Brexit concerns push hedge funds to A$4tr Global hedge fund capital increased to A$4 trillion in the second quarter of this year, according to Hedge Funds Research. The surge, sparked by Brexit concerns, was the third highest hedge fund FUM tally on ...

Hedge funds battle identity crisis

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... towards the product type have become in recent years, researcher Preqin says 49% of public pension funds decreased hedge fund allocations in the past year while 47% increased exposure. Compounding the problems for hedge funds which have generally struggled ...

CFM alternative beta fund gets Lonsec approval

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
... managed by a high quality and experienced investment team which has a long and successful heritage in active quantitative hedge fund investing." Winston Capital Partners, the local distributor of CFM ISDiversified, said the Lonsec rating was a pleasing ...

MainstreamBPO heads to NY

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... Fund and superannuation administrator MainstreamBPO has opened an office in New York in the hopes of expanding its hedge fund administration business. The New York office will be the first outside the Asia Pacific region for the group and will add to ...

Fees still an issue for alternatives: WTW

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
... 'alternative beta' strategies - such as reinsurance, carry, value, momentum, merger arbitrage - outside of the traditional hedge fund structure available for significantly lower fees and with much better alignment." The top 10 Australian managers are ...

Fund managers fleeing UK post-Brexit: Preqin

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... managers weren't too concerned about the potential investment fallout over the next 12 months; in fact, 31% of the hedge fund managers surveyed said Brexit would have a positive effect on performance while they capitalise on market volatility. Furthermore ...

HFA CFO departs after a month

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
The chief financial officer of ASX-listed hedge fund portfolio management holding company HFA is departing after a month at the firm. Henry Capra joined HFA in May as CFO and company secretary. Most recently he was head of custody and fund services ...

Altius to be acquired by Canadian firm

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
North American employee-owned investment services firm, Pavilion Financial intends to acquire Altius Holdings, the parent company of Altius Associates, a global private markets advisory and separate account management firm servicing clients across Europe ...

Alternatives delivering for infra and PE

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
Strip infrastructure and private equity out of superannuation funds' alternatives investments and the asset class struggles to deliver its current growth-like returns. This is one of the key pieces of analysis provided by Frontier Advisors at its annual ...