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EC's reforms could be fatal to hedgies

RUTH LIEW | TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009

... Aussie fund managers and investors in Europe, warns a key industry association. The Australian arm of the Alternative Investment Management Association is waving the red flag at the EC's proposal that fund managers and investors based outside Europe ...

RBC Dexia wins HSBC mandate

COMPANY RELEASE | MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009

HSBC Bank Australia has awarded a mandate to RBC Dexia Investor Services to provide international investor services for its global investments business. HSBC Global Investments is the institutional wealth management arm of HSBC Bank Australia and distributes ...

Select hires advisory panel

PRESS RELEASE | WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009

Select Asset Management has appointed five executives to its investment advisory panel. The investment advisory panel, which informs the investment committee, includes Michael Adam, co-founder of Aspect Capital and AHL now Man Investments and Sam Armstrong ...

CS appoints head of asset management Aus

PRESS RELEASE | THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009

Credit Suisse has appointed Filo Sedillo as head of asset management Australia. Sedillo previously worked at Citigroup as head of alternative investments for Australia and New Zealand. He also worked in senior institutional client management roles in ...

CitySuper appoints $60m to Wellington

RUTH LIEW | THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009

The $1 billion CitySuper has appointed a $60 million mandate to the Wellington Special Strategies Equity Fund. The $60 million came from an axed global equities mandate with Barclays Global Investors. According to Guy Rundle, investment relationship ...

Instos reverse traction in alternatives

COMPANY RELEASE | TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009

Pension funds' investments in alternatives have shrunk 1 per cent to $1 trillion in 2008 - a stark contrast to the 40 per cent growth from 2007, new research shows. According to global research by Watson Wyatt in conjunction with the Financial Times ...

Plug the information gap: SimCorp

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009

Super funds could do more than rely on their custodians to manage their investment data, with one tech firm highlighting the benefits of taking the job in-house, ahead of APRA's more extensive data collection later this year. Historically, super funds ...

CalPERS ploughs more into private equity

RUTH LIEW | TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009

... California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) said it is increasing the target allocation for its Alternative Investment Management (private equity) program. For private equity, this includes a four per cent increase in fund allocation from ...

Crisis curbs Cuffe charity fund

MICHAEL HOBBS | TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009

... Investors and Platypus Asset Management; global credit and cash manager Colonial First State Investments and alternative investment managers Select Asset Management and Ellerston Capital.

QIC targets overseas instos

PRESS RELEASE | TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009

... dollars. "With a number of regulatory developments on the horizon, including the proposed new European Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive, the Irish QIF offers product compliance while allowing for flexibility from an investment perspective," ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN | 12:33PM

Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA | 11:56AM

Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI | 11:09AM

The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA | 12:20PM

MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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