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Van Eyk set to make announcement on future

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... entity, Macquarie, decided to pull the plug following an improper investment by one of van Eyk's underlying managers, UK hedge fund Artefact.

Towers Watson shakes up manager research teams

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... Chris Redmond continues to lead the credit research stream. Damien Loveday, meanwhile, who was previously head of the hedge fund stream, will take head up the newly created "Diversifying Strategies" stream, which includes macro hedge funds, reinsurance ...

Brumbie: Misguided attacks on SMSFs, enough already

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... the right side of a shrewd arbitrage somewhere in the world. However, as time has gone on, I've realised the term "hedge fund" has morphed and twisted so much that it can mean almost anything to anybody, which means it actually means nothing. Instead ...

Australian Hedge Fund Awards finalists named

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
The nominees for the Australian Hedge Fund Awards 2014 have been announced. The winners will be revealed on Thursday 18 September at The Westin Hotel in Sydney, with an after party featuring live music at The Vault Hotel on Pitt Street. In the Australian ...

Crisis deepens for van Eyk Blueprint funds

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... for the crisis has been aimed at Artefact Partners, an underlying manager in the International Shares Fund. The UK hedge fund allegedly invested in a portfolio that did not meet the liquidity requirements stipulated in the mandate. Van Eyk has reportedly ...

State Street appoints head of alternatives in Asia

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
State Street's new head of alternatives for Asia Pacific will look after the organisation's hedge fund, private equity and real estate businesses in the region. Bob Keogh will be based in Hong Kong and has more than two decades of experience in financial ...

Ascalon nabs sales execs from Triple-A Partners

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... to that he was Colonial First State head of hedge funds, where he oversaw the launch and management of the manager's hedge fund of funds product. "Having one of Australia's most experienced alternative asset specialists join the Ascalon family leverages ...

A quarter of global instos plan to grow alternatives investment teams

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... plans to grow their investment teams over the next two years while 30% have already done so, sourcing private equity, hedge fund, real estate and infrastructure opportunities over the past two years. As alternative assets become an ever more important ...

Blue Sky reveals asset allocation of first alternatives LIC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... Access Fund into a range of alternative assets including private equity and venture capital, water and agriculture, a hedge fund and private real estate. The Listed Investment Company (LIC) is Australia's only listed diversified alternatives investment ...

Select brings Neuberger Berman hedge fund strategy to Australia

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... alternatives, multi strategy option that seeks absolute returns through an active allocation to a select group of established hedge fund managers, diversified across strategy types and geographies." The strategy offers daily liquidity and pricing as ...