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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 ...

Regal FM appoints Macquarie vet

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... entity in April 2015 following Ascalon Capital Managers exiting its responsible entity business. Regal won Australian hedge fund manager, best long short fund and best market neutral fund at the Australian Hedge Fund Awards in 2014.

AMP Capital partners to launch first active infra ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... Fund (Unhedged) (Managed Fund). The partnership will extend to a third fund, the AMP Capital Dynamic Markets Fund (Hedge Fund) in the next few weeks. The new managed ETFs use the same investment strategies as their corresponding AMP Capital managed funds. ...

US mulls borrowing limit on leveraged ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
US financial regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), is considering introducing measures to restrict how much mutual funds can invest in leveraged exchange traded funds (ETFs). The product type gives investors geared exposure to a given ...

IOOF appoints direct equities head

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... Prior to joining IOOF in 2015, Miller was a portfolio manager and analyst at Pengana Capital. Before that, he was a hedge fund arbitrage manager at South African firm Gensec. Commenting on the appointment, an IOOF spokesperson said: "Under the stewardship ...