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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 ...

StepStone signs KPMG investment team

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... StepStone has also announced it will acquire alternative investments firm Swiss Capital, who specialise in private debt and hedge fund solutions in Europe. As part of the acquisition, StepStone will launch StepStone Private Debt and StepStone Hedge Funds ...

Instreet partners with investment advisory for ethical platform

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
... investment and funds management service provider Impact 20/80 to further refine the platform. Impact 20/80 was founded by hedge fund veteran Michael Brookes, Change Investment Management founder Lisa Wade and former 2IC executive general manager, wealth ...

Multi-asset products continue to grow

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
Fund managers are rushing to position themselves at the forefront of the multi-asset sector as the number of funds and products continue to grow, according to Lonsec. The researcher's Multi-Asset Sector Review revealed an influx of new multi-asset fund ...

Milliman calls out "failures of diversification"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
Milliman has criticised "typical" Australian balanced portfolios and a diversification approach to risk management. Noting that 60/40 balanced portfolios "experienced losses of 20% or more at the nadir of [the GFC]," Milliman's report said that this ...

Future Fund keeps powder dry

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
The Future Fund has continued to de-risk its portfolio amid market uncertainty, preferring to keep cash on hand to take advantage when opportunities are more certain. Figures released in its recent update for the March quarter, show the $117 billion ...

Another US pension giant exits hedge funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... trustees of giant US pension plan New York City Employees' Retirement System (NYCERS) have voted to liquidate the fund's hedge fund holdings. Hedge funds represent about 2.8% of NYCER's total US$51.2 billion ($65.9 billion). Hedge funds have faced increased ...