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Henderson acquires hedge fund manager H3 Global Advisors

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
Australian and UK-listed fund manager Henderson Global Investors has acquired Australian and London-based alternative investment manager H3 Global Advisors. Henderson has acquired 100% of the equity of H3 Global Advisors though the exact terms were ...

UBS Australia to launch family office service

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
... Australia David Wilson added: "Our family office clients in Australia have very similar needs to our institutional and hedge fund clients. This offering is designed to utilise the resources across our businesses and to tailor cross business solutions ...

Speakers confirmed for Family Office Forum

STAFF REPORTER  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... lasting impact of the global financial crisis. Since 2006, Dr Thornberg has served on the advisory board of Wall Street hedge fund Paulson & Co. Inc. Between 2008 and 2012 he was a chief economic advisor to the California State Controller's Office and ...

Investment industry urged to put society first

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
A major power shift from intermediaries such as fund managers and investment banks to fiduciaries including Australian superannuation funds is gathering pace in the global financial services sector, according to the CFA Institute's Asia Pacific managing ...

Secrets of world's greatest investors revealed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... attributes that characterise the world's 99 greatest investors, according to a new book by the same name. Author and hedge fund manager Magnus Angenfelt painstakingly whittled down a list of thousands of investors to arrive at this shortlist of elite ...

Sovereign Wealth Funds surge to $5 trillion

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... launches of sovereign wealth funds, with many countries approving plans for new launches over 2012-13," Preqin head of hedge fund products Amy Bensted said. The largest sovereign wealth fund globally is Government Pension Fund - Global, based in Norway ...

ASIC rescues lower risk products from 'hedge fund' label

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has tweaked its definition of a hedge fund, to reduce the number of products that fall within stricter disclosure requirements. Product providers had expressed concern that some low-risk retail ...

Sovereign wealth funds up alternatives exposure in 2012

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
... last 12 months. Three in five (61%) upped their allocation to international private equity and 40% increased their hedge fund allocations. Invesco said the move was triggered by the pressure a low interest rate environment has placed on fixed income ...

Peak6 reopens to Australian investors

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
Investment from Australian institutions has helped US hedge fund manager Peak6 achieve one of the fastest growing launches in recent times. The group's Achievement fund launched in September 2012 and has already grown to US$1.55 billion in funds under ...

Most EM currencies bounce back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
Emerging market currencies bouncing back so quickly after the US Fed reversed its signals that it would soon start tapering its economic stimulus confirms how far these markets have matured since the GFC. In May through June this year US Fed chairman ...