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AQR receives strong ratings

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
Connecticut-based alternative investment management firm AQR Capital Management has received strong ratings from Standard & Poor's Fund and Zenith Partners for the AQR Wholesale DELTA Fund. Zenith assigned a 'Recommended' rating to the fund, noting ...

Funds under management post record jump

RAINMAKER GROUP IS THE OWNER OF FINANCIAL STANDARD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
The value of assets managed by investment managers jumped 9 per cent during the September 2009 quarter to reach $1.39 trillion, the biggest quarterly increase in seven years, according to the latest research from Rainmaker. Rainmaker's upbeat market ...

Brookvine appoints director and manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
Marketing specialist Brookvine has appointed former Citigroup executive Greg Hickling as director, and promoted Tim Peters to the role of research manager. Hickling will play a key role as director across the full spectrum of Brookvine's activities. ...

Former AIG asset management renames

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
American International Group's (AIG) former asset management and investment advisory business that was sold off has been renamed PineBridge Investments. The New York-based firm will provide alternative investments, listed equity and fixed income services ...

Intech adds investment experience

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... portfolios in London and Sydney at Ellerston Capital and ABN AMRO Asset Management. He will manage Intech's alternative investment policies and manage the firm's well developed range of alternative investment funds. "We targeted people with hands-on ...

Super funds eye catastrophic investing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
Credit Suisse Investments hopes to fill the local investment gap for alternative asset classes that are genuinely uncorrelated to domestic equities - a move that ends in "catastrophe". Filo Sedillo, the local managing director in alternative investments ...

Regulators tighten grip on hedge funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... threatening the future of Aussie fund managers and investors in Europe. In July, the Australian arm of the Alternative Investment Management Association waved the red flag at the EC's proposal that fund managers and investors based outside Europe will ...

Industry awards top hedge funds in 2009

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... Queensland-based Sunsuper. David Hartley, the fund's chief investment officer, accepted the award. Hosted by the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the winners were judged based on their absolute returns over varying time periods ...

Ex-Macquarie sales head jumps to HSBC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
HSBC Bank has appointed former Macquarie Funds Group head of retail sales Geoffrey Pidgeon as head of wholesale wealth management within its global investments business in Australia. As head of wholesale wealth management, Pidgeon will be responsible ...

TGM wins Asset Super mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
Tactical Global Management has been awarded a mandate to manage the $1.1 billion Asset Super's currency overlay for its international equities and alternatives portfolios. Asset Super had previously employed State Street Global Advisors to manage the ...