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Australian alternatives assets top $250 billion

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... end of last year. Platinum Asset Management, led by local star manager Kerr Neilson, was listed as the 19th largest hedge fund manager by pension fund assets under management. The survey shows that the top 10 local alternatives managers by funds under ...

Glass-Steagall Act reintroduced to US Senate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... Corporation from riskier financial institutions that offer services such as investment banking, insurance, swaps dealing, and hedge fund and private equity activities." The Glass-Steagall Act introduced in 1933 during the Great Depression was repealed ...

PROFILE: Stanford Brown chief executive Jonathan Hoyle

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... loans." This involved relocating to New York - the backdrop of Liar's Poker - where he first became associated with the hedge fund sector. "My job," he continues, "was to work with the hedge fund community in New York to either invest J.P. Morgan's money ...

Hedge fund returns down 10% in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) 2014 hedge funds survey, which examined 27 hedge fund managers based in Australia with more than $37.1 billion in funds under management, which represents about 44% of the market. ...

New video series demystifies hedge funds

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
London-based alternatives investment specialist Man Group has released a series of seven educational videos aimed at demystifying some of strategies and key concepts from the world of hedge funds. The short videos have been made for Man subsidiary AHL ...

K2 to list managed fund on the ASX

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... which involves less paperwork for investors because they avoid the complexities associated with unlisted funds. The hedge fund manager is expecting that units in the fund will be trading on the ASX from mid-July 2015. Units in the fund will be issued ...

FoFA among top 20 global regulatory nightmares

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
The Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reform is one of the 20 most challenging pieces of regulation globally, according to a survey of 600 compliance professionals across the world. The 'Cost of compliance 2015' report by Thomson Reuters asked compliance ...

Blue Sky raises $20m for LIC

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
Blue Sky Alternatives Access Fund Limited recently completed a $20 million capital raise through a one for three non-renounceable entitlement offer. The funds raised will be used to build on the listed investment company's actively managed portfolio ...

Instos demanding multi-asset alternative strategies

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... Australian market - especially in alternatives - as local investors look to diversify beyond traditional asset classes. "The hedge fund industry has doubled since the global financial crisis and in 2014 we saw more flows into hedge funds than in any ...

Next stop: US payrolls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... "masters" - yes masters, as in masters of the universe -- Reuters was able scooped for an interview at the annual giant hedge fund Skybridge Alternatives Conference - SALT - held in Las Vegas. Ex-Fed chief Ben Bernanke was there, so is his sparring blog ...