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Ashton in talks with BT and Macquarie

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
Fund of hedge funds manager Ashton Advisers is in negotiations with BT Financial Group and Macquarie to launch its two flagship funds into the retail market. Speaking at an advisor breakfast yesterday, Nick Raphaely, executive director of Ashton Advisors ...

BNY Mellon taps distressed debt

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
... makers, and a certain level of ongoing monthly transparency to know what we're investing in. "It's very different from other fund of funds, which are usually one step removed from the process," said Stewart.

PASF recruits UK pension CIO

... controller (or chief investment officer in Australia) for the $9-billion plus J Sainsbury Pension Scheme, the pension fund of UK grocery giant Sainsbury. The fund has also made two new external service provider appointments. Starting next month, Watson ...

HSBC opens wholesale wealth mgmt Down Under

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
... businesses including Halbis (active management specialist) and Sinopia (quantitative specialist). HSBC Alternative Investments' fund of hedge funds and tailor-made institutional portfolios of hedge funds will also be made available in Australia. Genochio ...

Pension alternatives investments top $860bn

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
... was conducted over a year period to December last year report and included 190 investment managers across real estate, fund of hedge funds, private equity fund of funds, infrastructure and commodities. The report found global pension funds favoured real ...

CFS takes infrastructure to the front line

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
Colonial First State (CFS) may be best known for favouring highly liquid assets but the group is slowly but steadily turning to infrastructure based on new fund developments. CFS is increasing its involvement in the infrastructure sphere with allocations ...

East Timor Petroleum fund signs JPMorgan

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
... global custodian and administrator for the $3 billion Petroleum Fund. The BPA is the operational manager of the Petroleum Fund of Timor Leste, which has $3.09 billion in assets and a monthly inflow of $213 million. JPMorgan will receive and arrange the ...

UK instos back climate change fundie

... N.V., and Mitsui & Co, are investing $115 million into CCC. Additionally, the four are committing $41 million into a new fund of funds. These four investors will own over 50 per cent of the business, leaving approximately 30 per cent of the company to ...

Abu Dhabi opens investment doors

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
... investment bank. Plans to own capital to fund a minority of its investments saw Adic open a first subscription period for a new fund of hedge funds this month. By the late June 2008, Adic expects to launch a $500 million infrastructure fund alongside ...

Alternative investment giant eyes Asia

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
... corporate private equity fund (Blackstone Capital Partners), real estate opportunity fund (Blackstone Real Estate Partners), fund of hedge funds business and two closed-end mutual funds (The India Fund and The Asia Tigers Fund).