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Credit to escape impending bond rout

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
Fixed income investors should avoid the worst of the impact of rising interest rates by holding bonds with higher yields, according to UBS Wealth Management global chief investment officer Alexander Friedman. With interest rates at record lows across ...

Kardinia appoints new investment analyst

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
... Sales. He also worked as a portfolio manager for AR Capital Management as a portfolio manager for their absolute return hedge fund. Lucas will join portfolio managers Mark Burgess and Kristiaan Rehder to make a team of three. Burgess said the addition ...

BlackRock ends "unfair" analyst surveys

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
... monitor research houses and in December urged research houses to make public the results of the surveys they complete for hedge fund managers to mitigate the potential for the improper use of analysts' forecasts on Australian stocks.

Managed accounts take the hassle out of hedge funds

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
... without the need to manage their investments as closely by using a multi-strategy managed account solution for their hedge fund allocation, according to Permal senior vice president Timothy Schuler. Schuler was visiting Australia from New York to discuss ...

Hedge fund growth plans hampered by lack of demand

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
Two thirds of hedge fund managers have made growing their businesses a top strategic priority but a lack of demand from investors could be a major roadblock, according to a recent global EY survey. "In the current environment, fund managers are investing ...

"Boring" hedge funds shake gung-ho reputation

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
A decline in overall hedge fund returns relative to the wider equity market in the wake of the global financial crisis reflects a change in the demands of sophisticated investors, and is not a sign that alternatives are becoming less attractive, according ...

Blue Sky targets mandate wins with $19m capital raise

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has raised nearly $19 million in the first stage of a capital raising program. Blue Sky said it will use the funds to provide additional capital for ongoing co-investment in its managed funds and to demonstrate balance ...

Government agnostic on portfolio holdings disclosure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
... information from the fund manager. The policy received a good deal of criticism, in particular from the private equity and hedge fund industry, who argue that full disclosure would violate their intellectual property rights and undermine their business ...

Towers Watson adds five to investment team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
Towers Watson has made five new appointments to its Australian investment team in response to an expanding client base. Two of the five are investment consultants: Craig Mercer and Sean O'Shea. Mercer will take on the role of senior hedge funds and ...

Half of infrastructure investors unhappy with fee structures

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
Half of all investors in infrastructure remain unconvinced that their fund managers' interests are aligned with their own, according to new research by alternatives research and data provider Preqin. Research released in the November edition of the ...