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IOSCO to impose new rule on FoHFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) fund of hedge fund (FoHF) report on liquidity risk and appropriate due diligence could impact how the sector is regulated in the future, said a hedge fund expert. Following a consultation ...

Mercer wins ANZ Staff Super mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... appointment of Mercer by the Non Government Schools Superannuation Fund in early September, and the Retirement Benefits Fund of Tasmania. Meanwhile, the recent spate of new appointments has prompted Mercer to seek new talent to join its organisation. ...

AIG sells asset management to Pacific Century

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... billion of investments of institutional and retail clients across a variety of strategies, including private equity, hedge fund of funds, listed equities and fixed income. Win J. Neuger will continue to act as chief executive of the new business, while ...

All PE signs point to China

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... funds invested and is equal in size to the US and European markets, according to Adveq, an independent private equity fund of funds investment manager. During the same five year period, China has confirmed its leading position in the Asian private equity ...

CalPERS takes legal action against state furloughs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... CalPERS board president Rob Feckner, noting that the savings created from the CalPERS furloughs do not accrue to the General Fund of the state of California, issued the following statement in connection with the lawsuit: "State law does not permit general ...

Future Fund offloads Telstra shares

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
The $58 billion Future Fund has sold 684.4 million Telstra shares or 34 per cent of its Telstra holdings to institutional investors. The Future Fund sold the shares at a price of $3.47 (gross proceeds $2.37 billion) through an underwritten sale to the ...

Instos allocate $980m to catastrophe bonds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... investors targeting catastrophe reinsurance funds. Greg Hagood, the fund's co-founder, said pension funds, hedge funds and fund of funds are actively seeking non-correlated investments such catastrophe bonds and other insurance linked securities. "After ...

Instos reverse traction in alternatives

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
... managers dominate, accounting for around 58 per cent of assets (down from 62 per cent in 2007), followed by private equity fund of funds, fund of hedge funds, infrastructure and commodities. Real estate managers also dominate the top ten ranking with ...

J.P. Morgan grants $1.3 bn HFoF mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
J.P. Morgan selected Arden Asset Management to manage a $1.3 billion proprietary hedge fund of funds portfolio for the investment bank. The deal means J.P. Morgan will seed seven of the hedge fund manager's funds and invest in Arden Asset Management's ...

Hedge funds lag index returns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... over the cliff hasn't been as dramatic [for hedge funds]," he said. He said institutional investors would move away from fund of hedge fund strategies to index funds and top performing hedge fund managers. "The losers out of all this is going to be the ...