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"Boring" hedge funds shake gung-ho reputation

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... investors mostly redeemed when the crisis hit in 2008 and haven't come back." The 2008 stock market crash forced institutional investors to rethink their asset allocation as many were shown to be too sensitive to dramatic market corrections. In recent ...

Former CFSGAM exec joins Frontier Advisors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... Capital. Frontier Advisors chief executive Damian Maloney said the appointment reflected a changing landscape in the institutional investment industry, particularly as industry superannuation funds develop in-house investment capabilities. "We believe ...

Blue Sky targets mandate wins with $19m capital raise

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... ongoing co-investment in its managed funds and to demonstrate balance sheet scale to "enhance conversion of potential institutional mandates." A total of $18.98 million was raised through an oversubscribed placement and the accelerated component of a ...

Orion Asset Management scraps insto business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013

ASIC chair defends against media 'smear'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... backed up his claims with statistics from the last three years, according to which ASIC has completed over 4,000 institutional surveillances, 554 investigations and banned 168 people. He said the regulator had completed 73 civil and 79 criminal proceedings ...

Vanguard appoints head of investment strategy and research

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
... responsible for fund and manager oversight, due diligence on prospective managers, product management and development, institutional client service, and co-management of a team of investment analysts. Prior to joining the portfolio review department ...

Van Eyk appoints acquisitions specialist

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
Ratings and advice provider van Eyk Research has appointed Anthony Vaiente to the newly created role of manager of practice acquisitions and recruitment. Vaiente has over 15 years' experience in business development, mergers and acquisitions of financial ...

Government targets super in awards, board independence

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
... everybody can see that the fund is being run in the interest of the members as a whole, and is not just there as an institutional support." He insisted it was "not an ideological" move. On taking super out of industrial awards, he said: "The problem ...

Fund managers rethink distribution approach after FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
... growing number of fund managers are making changes in their distribution strategy and bringing their retail and institutional distribution teams closer together to reflect industry consolidation brought on by the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reform. ...

Half of infrastructure investors unhappy with fee structures

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... conditions. This proportion is significantly higher than for any other alternative asset class. In comparison, 36% of institutional investors in hedge funds, 33% of institutional investors in private equity and 28% of institutional investors in private ...