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PIMCO appoints Bernanke to advice role

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... In mid-April, the New York Times reported that Bernanke had also become a senior adviser to Citadel, a $25 billion hedge fund. Bernanke will advise the fund's investment committees on global economic and financial issues, and will meet the fund's investors. ...

AMP Capital appoints distribution head

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
AMP Capital has hired a new head of distribution for its UK and European business. John Angell will be based at the group's London office and will drive institutional sales in the region. He will also have overall responsibility for the sales of AMP ...

BetaShares launches ASX-listed hedge fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
Exchange traded funds (ETF) provider BetaShares listed a hedge fund to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The BetaShares Australian Equities Strong Bear Hedge Fund will invest its assets into cash and sell equity index futures contracts (ASX ...

Hedge funds bare all to seduce instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
Investors' search for yield in the current low rate, low-return perfect storm has boosted hedge fund inflows. Funds under management for the sector were up 21.7% for the two years to December 2014, according to Rainmaker Data. But a great idea, an obscure ...

Super funds too small for activism

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... funds management in Australia should have the capacity to sponsor activism." Credit Suisse noted that the 10 biggest hedge fund activists in the US hold around US$200 billion in funds under management and have generated total returns of 7% per annum ...

Blue Sky to raise $20m for alternatives fund

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
Blue Sky Alternatives Access Fund is seeking to raise up to $20 million through a one for three non-renounceable entitlement issue of new ordinary shares. The Blue Sky Alternatives Access Fund (BSAAF) is Australia's only listed diversified alternatives ...

Sovereign wealth funds growing despite falling commodity prices

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... growing assets under management and their corresponding influence on global financial markets," said Preqin head of hedge fund products Amy Bensted. "While these institutions have significant investments in traditional public equity and fixed income ...

Not over yet for active management

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
Active management isn't dying but it needs to re-invent itself so it can compete against low cost technology operators that are fundamentally challenging its business model. "It isn't dead but the market is playing hard to get," said Olivier d'Assier ...

Revised legislation to ease foreign access to local managers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... potential for an exponential increase in foreign sourced funds with the right policy settings," Loane said. The global hedge fund industry association, the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), also welcomed proposed changes to the legislation. ...

Fixed income offers little equity risk protection: CFM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... central pillar of protection against equity market risk. That's according to one of the heads of the $6 billion French hedge fund and alternatives manager Capital Fund Management (CFM). Philippe Jordan told Financial Standard that the best outcome fixed ...