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Instos reverse traction in alternatives

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
... 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 eight managers in that list. ...

Vision pumps $450m into Millennium Global

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... overlay. The firm specialises in currency and global tactical asset allocation products, hedge funds, and fund of hedge funds. MGI currently manages in excess of $17.9 billion for institutional clients across Europe, North America, Asia, the Middle East ...

AXA IM targets Aus instos

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
... management business is providing its expertise across European property, private equity, structured finance and fund of hedge funds to Australian institutions. Craig Hurt, AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) director of Australian and New Zealand, said ...

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 ...

HSBC opens wholesale wealth mgmt Down Under

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
... 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 will be responsible ...

Pension alternatives investments top $860bn

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
... 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 ...

Abu Dhabi opens investment doors

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
... 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 UBS Asset Management. ...

Alternative investment giant eyes Asia

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
... 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).

Brookvine and ipac back Prisma

... consultant Brookvine. Up until last month, Ipac invested the sums with BT Grosvenor Master Fund, a global fund of hedge funds, through the BT Global Return Fund. However, it decided to use those funds to seed Prisma Global Multi-Strategy. Ipac spokesperson ...

Alternatives cause valuation headaches

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... credit standards. The fund has roughly 13 per cent of its portfolio invested in alternative assets including fund of hedge funds and infrastructure, just slightly above the industry average of 11 per cent. "The inherent difficulties in valuing alternative ...