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Northern Trust and AltX partner on hedge fund data

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016

SSGA restructure sees distribution head depart

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... private equity and real estate to SSGA while enhancing our existing active fundamental equity, active fixed income and hedge fund teams. In addition, GEAM's OCIO and Insurance platforms significantly strengthen our capabilities in these fast growing ...

State Street acquires GE Asset Management

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... private equity and real estate to SSGA while enhancing our existing active fundamental equity, active fixed income and hedge fund teams. In addition, GEAM's OCIO and Insurance platforms significantly strengthen our capabilities in these fast growing ...

Quant hedge fund arrives down under

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
Launching in Australia this week is a crowd-sourced quantitative hedge fund that was originally conceived as a way to "hack Wall Street". US-based Quantopian is an investment firm that provides an open platform where anyone can research, back test and ...

Alternatives now used by 80% of instos

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... allocations for alternatives. Forty-two per cent of private equity investors, 48% of real estate investors, and 66% of hedge fund investors have target allocations to the asset class of more than 10%. Only 5% of institutional investors currently invest ...

ANZ Wealth alternatives head departs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
The head of alternative investments at ANZ Wealth will leave the company tomorrow. Simon Ford has managed ANZ Wealth's real estate, hedge funds, private equity, infrastructure, credit, commodities and insurance investments for six years, having joined ...

Lack of scaleability curbs hedge fund appeal

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
... investors shouldn't try to assemble them into portfolios, said a leading alternatives investment manager. "Investing in a hedge fund is a collectors' business. You're not building a portfolio but a collection of hedge funds that provides outcomes that ...

Blue Sky lifts profits

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has lifted its half year net profit after tax to $4.4 million, up 69% on the first half of FY15. The company also grew its revenue 44% to $23.8 million. The company now expects its underlying NPAT for the year ending ...

Parametric launches liquid alternative strategy

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
... diversifying risk premium. Additionally, our clients have asked us to deliver a liquid, low cost solution for core hedge fund allocations." Headquartered in Seattle, Parametric Portfolio Associates is a majority owned subsidiary of listed US asset manager ...

Alternatives drove Permal and EnTrust marriage

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
... merger with EnTrust Capital means the firms will become a diversified alternatives platform, not just a multi-manager hedge fund shop. In his first interview since the merger announcement, Kodmani said increases to alternative asset portfolios by institutional ...