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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 ...

European insurers attract dividend seekers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
Low European interest rates pushing investors to find higher yielding stocks is encouraging them to reconsider the insurance sector. An investment briefing released by Amundi Asset Management said the insurance sector, after strong focus on derisking ...

Alternatives managers asked to help more with fees

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... vociferous," Preqin chief executive Mark O'Hare said. "In the year that saw CalPERS announce it is withdrawing from the hedge fund asset class due to complexity and cost, it is unsurprising that institutional investors across the globe that Preqin spoke ...

Future Fund alternatives head joins Hedge Fund Standards Board

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
Future Fund's head of debt and alternatives David George has joined the board of the Hedge Fund Standards Board (HFSB). The HFSB said the appointment emphasises the important role of sovereign wealth funds in promoting better practices in the hedge ...

Risk not the endgame

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... 6 percentage points. In January the Auscap Long Short Australian Equities Fund was awarded Best Long Short Equities Hedge Fund - Australia by EurekaHedge. Tim Carleton, one the two Auscap principals and portfolio managers, said the track record is already ...