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The lure of the boutique

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... transition or still haven't announced a new role. S&P said the boutique phenomenon locally, which has seen the likes of Ascalon, nabInvest, Treasury Group and Challenger establish themselves as viable incubation businesses, providing institutional support ...

HSBC wins Ascalon mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010
HSBC Securities Services has won a mandate from Ascalon Capital Managers to provide custody and fund administration to the Ascalon platform. HSBC will become Ascalon's sole securities services provider in Australia. Ascalon will get access to HSBC's ...

Ascalon and Regal form partnership

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
Boutique incubator Ascalon Capital Managers will buy a 30 per cent stake in Regal Funds Management - a deal that will also see Ascalon provide Regal with sales and marketing support, among other services. The partnership agreement will see Ascalon buy ...

Ascalon buys more stake in H3

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
Ascalon Capital Managers has acquired another 15 per cent in absolute return fund manager H3 Global Advisors, increasing its overall equity position to 45 per cent. Terms were not disclosed. "This further increase in our equity stake reflects our confidence ...

Boutique incubators target retail market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
Boutique incubators, Ascalon Capital Managers and Treasury Group, are ramping up their retail distribution strategy to broaden their fund managers' funds under management (FUM). Mark Burgess, managing director at Treasury Group, said the firm had spent ...

Ascalon appoints head of distribution

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
Ascalon Capital Managers has appointed BT Financial Group executive Jason Collins to the newly created role of head of distribution. Collins starts with Ascalon in February next year, and joins the team from related company BT Financial Group, where ...

Ascalon adds hedge fund boutique

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
Ascalon Capital Managers has established a hedge fund boutique with three former Macquarie Funds Group executives. Helix Partners specialises in global equities using a quantitative process that is developed by former Macquarie Funds Group quantitative ...

Westpac moves to wholly own Ascalon

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
Westpac Group has bought Kaplan Equity's 50 per cent stake in Ascalon Capital Managers to wholly own the boutique incubator. Westpac Group said it had reached an in-principle agreement with Kaplan Equity in a transaction that is expected to be completed ...

Basile joins nabInvest

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
Direct asset management firm, nabInvest has hired former Ascalon Capital Managers chief executive Nick Basile as investment director. Basile has more than 20 years investment management experience, previously working as general manager of investments ...

Ascalon buys 50pc stake in Sigrun

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
Ascalon Capital Managers continues its strategy to buy strong financial services firms, after purchasing a 50 per cent equity stake in high conviction investment manager, Sigrun Asset Management. Sigrun is a quant manager that uses behavioural finance ...