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HSBC launches alt fund services

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
The lure of the country's superannuation dollars will push more global hedge funds to target Australian investors, prompting HSBC to open a specialist fund services arm locally ahead of the wave of hedge fund activity. Previously, HSBC has provided ...

Frontier's $97bn FUA in safe hands

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
... funds, also have a high allocation to alternative assets particularly infrastructure, direct property and conservative hedge funds - all of which cushioned their performance from the maladies of the listed markets. Hill said that their portfolios, which ...

AustralianSuper sticks with securities lending

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
... because "AustralianSuper is involved in securities lending via mandates with the various investment managers - including hedge funds - that invest the AustralianSuper portfolio." AustralianSuper, which uses JP Morgan Chase Bank as their custodian, is ...

AXA IM targets Aus instos

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
... management business is providing its expertise across European property, private equity, structured finance and fund of hedge funds to Australian institutions. Craig Hurt, AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) director of Australian and New Zealand, said ...

Diversified funds on the wane?

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008
... "caretaker" role rather than investing in new alternative asset classes. "Some managers have adopted 'alternatives' such as hedge funds, alpha import strategies, private equity or global resources," said Fuller. "However, diversified managers are often ...

Challenger buys 30pc stake in ex-CS boutique

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... partnership with SkyBridge Capital, LLC, a New York based group which provides strategic capital to new and early-stage hedge funds.

Ashton in talks with BT and Macquarie

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
Fund of hedge funds manager Ashton Advisers is in negotiations with BT Financial Group and Macquarie to launch its two flagship funds into the retail market. Speaking at an advisor breakfast yesterday, Nick Raphaely, executive director of Ashton Advisors ...

S&P studies single manager alternatives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
... manager fund report. The Standard & Poor's Alternative Strategies - Single Manager report found found single strategy hedge funds generally performed well, however, the research and ratings firm was critical of the strategy's high fees despite the level ...

Hedge funds turn insto

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
The global hedge fund space is undergoing a period of radical change as large hedge funds become institutionalised, new research shows. According to international strategy consultancy Celent, large hedge funds are undergoing institutionalisation as ...

Russell and Mercer lead MM pack

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... ratings firm found more managers are actively pursuing new sources of uncorrelated returns, using private equity, hedge funds, emerging markets, commodities and infrastructure strategies. "Generally those managers who have been early adopters of emerging ...