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BT winds up Global Return fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
... fund...without disadvantaging any group of investors". The BT Global Return fund provided investors with a range of alternative investment strategies using a number of international hedge funds. The investment program was being managed by fund of hedge ...

Holzberger stays at QSuper

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
Former QIC deputy chief executive, Brad Holzberger, has been named QSuper's chief investment officer. This announcement follows QSuper hiring Holzberger as the fund's interim chief investment officer at the end of November last year. Holzberger joined ...

AMIST narrows mandate line-up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
... $9 million Legg Mason emerging markets mandate was cut two months ago while the $4.5 million PM Capital alternative investment was dropped in January this year. "We literally had too many funds so we're trying to rationalise them in a way that makes ...

UPDATE: Prime Super drops $14m mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
... "Prime Super has considered selling secondary units from Lend Lease's Property Funds as we see compelling alternative investment opportunities elsewhere in today's distressed markets," said Lachlan Baird, chief executive of Prime Super. He stressed that ...

Countdown to CIMA scholarships: IMCA

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
Investment consultants have two weeks to apply for an Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) scholarship worth $6,000. Scholarship winners will participate in IMCA's Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) program. The program is ...

Sovereign adds two principals

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
Sovereign Investment Research has appointed John Peterson and Helen Murdoch as principals. Peterson previously worked at the Reserve Bank between 1979 and 1983 and then joined Bankers Trust Australia. During his time at Bankers Trust Australia he worked ...

Instos cool on direct infrastructure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... distressed assets, private equity and hedge funds in the next 12 to 24 months, according to a survey. The Alternative Investment Summit Industry Survey, conducted in January this year, found 72 per cent of institutional respondents are interested in ...

ASIC keeps short selling ban

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... introduced to allow covered short selling to continue without ASIC intervention." Meanwhile, Kim Ivey, The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) Australia chair, said the association is at a "complete loss" over why the ban was extended. ...

Return of the hedge funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... covered short selling on financial stocks until March. But in September last year, the local branch of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) said the ban might promote further volatility. "We're concerned that without any short selling ...

Alaska fund drops alternatives mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
The $43 billion Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation has axed two alternative investment mandates in light of the fund's shrinking assets. According to a press statement by the American fund, the board decided "not to move forward with two planned alternative ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

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

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA
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
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
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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