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ETFs pass $10 billion milestone

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
... just two years ago. The significant growth is attributed to improved awareness of the products by both retail and institutional investors as well as a product base which has broadened to include international exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which have ...

AllianceBernstein appoints new CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2013
... better align our leadership resources to the way in which our Australian business is evolving in both the retail and institutional markets." "AllianceBernstein has long had a solid presence in the Australian institutional market, and we aim to continue ...

Managed accounts take the hassle out of hedge funds

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
Institutional investors can gain greater flexibility at a lower cost and 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 ...

UBS and Grocon announce joint venture

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... to offer a "full-service real estate investment and asset management platform." UBS Grocon Real Estate will offer institutional investors investment opportunities in core office, residential and other "value and opportunistic investments". UBS GAM chief ...

One-stop-shop firms surge to gain scale against big instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
The number of partnerships and mergers between financial planning and accountancy firms is increasing as independent businesses brace to gain scale against the big institutionally-aligned groups. Industry concentration in the past years has strengthened ...

Hedge fund growth plans hampered by lack of demand

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
... channels. EY compared opinions from 100 hedge fund managers who collectively manage nearly US$850 billion and 65 institutional investors with over US$190 billion allocated to hedge funds. Topics covered in the survey include strategic priorities for ...

CBA appoints new insto banking group exec

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013

Insto investors urged to challenge private equity ethics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
Institutional investors should update their environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards to limit investment in private equity firms that make use of the controversial leveraged buy-out (LBO) strategy, according to social policy network Catalyst. ...

VicSuper grants $250 million mandate to AllianceBernstein

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013

Super must not commingle with banks: ISA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... superannuation get absorbed by or commingled with banks. "Commingling super with banking commingles risk, increases institutional complexity and reduces the diversity of funding sources," he said. The submission argued that industry super funds are better ...