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Hedge funds risk collapse without middle office upgrades

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... investor scrutiny of manager reporting and disclosure standards, according to global post-trade technology provider Omgeo. Hedge fund managers have historically focused their investment on talent and systems at the front end but a more challenging regulatory ...

Frantic pace of alternatives growth revealed

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... manager with $48bn. Blackstone is the largest FoHF manager with $54bn, while Bridgewater Associates is the largest hedge fund manager with $87bn. BlackRock is the largest commodities manager with $53bn, M&G Investments is the largest illiquid credit ...

Challenger adds Australian equity boutique

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... responsibility for managing a US Small Caps fund, a research analyst for the US consumer sector and a member of the US hedge fund team. AretA(C) will initially specialise in small- and mid-cap Australian equities but is not limited by the size of company ...

ASIC considers compulsory advice for complex products

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
Mandatory financial advice for the sale of complex products is among the measures the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is considering to protect consumers from the risks posed by these investment vehicles. In a newly published ...

Super funds have clout to demand transparency

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
Super funds should not be shy of demanding full holdings disclosure from alternatives managers in order to meet reporting standards, HOSTPLUS chief investment officer Sam Sicilia has said. Sicilia said that if the managers refuse to provide the information ...

Alternatives managers must be more transparent

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
Alternatives managers will need to be more transparent with their super fund investors in order to help them meet regulatory reporting requirements, according to BNP Paribas. Madhu Gayer, head of investment reporting and performance for Asia-Pacific ...

AIMA appoints new general manager

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has appointed former hedge fund manager Michael Gallagher as general manager of its Australian National Group. Gallagher replaces Brett Ireland who has decided to focus on a full-time role elsewhere ...

Financial services stars named in rich list

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... House Group director David Hains (12th place), Seven Group Holdings executive chairman Kerry Stokes (14th place) and hedge fund guru and CQS founder Michael Hintze (23rd place). Greg Coffey is the next professional investor on the list in 87th place. ...

FUM closes in on $2trn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... billion. The market reorienting towards indexing has seen its penetration ratio rise to its highest ever level of 19%. Hedge fund FUM reached $43 billion, private equity holdings through investment managers reached $28 billion and infrastructure $63 ...

Sovereign wealth funds ramp up alternatives exposure

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
Sovereign wealth funds are increasingly investing new allocations to alternative asset classes, figures from the second annual Invesco Global Sovereign Asset Management Study show. The study was conducted amongst more than 50 individual sovereign investors ...