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Local hedge funds fighting for insto attention

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
... are still contending with the "differing requirements of sovereign wealth, superannuation, offshore pension, HNW, family office and retail client bases." This is compounded by additional "institutional grade" requirements since the GFC, he added. "It's ...

BNPP IP appoints head of advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
BNP Paribas Investment Partners named James Langlands as its head of advice business for Australia and New Zealand. Langlands' responsibility will be to grow funds under management for BNP Paribas Investment Partners by working with dealer groups, private ...

Walsh Bay Partners hires investment associate from First State Super

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
Walsh Bay Partners has appointed a new senior investment associate. Timothy Peters joins Walsh Bay Partners from First State Super, where he was a senior investment analyst. Prior to that, he was a research manager at Brookvine, a research analyst at ...

Absolute returns no longer the domain of instos

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
A wider range of self-directed and self-managed superannuation fund investors are recognising the benefits and role of absolute return strategies in a balanced portfolio. This is the thought of Henderson Global Investors' head of alternative Australian ...

Evergreen appoints asset committee members

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
Family office and advice-focused boutique investment consultancy Evergreen Consultants has finalised its asset allocation committee. The committee members are Evergreen co-founder Angela Ahston, former Fiji Provident Fund chief investment officer Tom ...

Family office patriarchs need to know when to let go

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... enterprise without undermining the autonomy of its new leaders?" He noted that taking on an "elder" role within the family office doesn't necessarily entail relinquishing autonomy or control entirely: "You will be fearful that... you will be shoved aside ...

Crowe Horwath acquires QLD firm

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
... attracted to Findex because of their approach to holistic advisory, delivered by one trusted adviser through the Family Office model. "There has been a lot of change in the accounting profession and we believe Findex's focus on combining relationships ...

Family office administration wasted on inefficient reporting: FOX

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... Family offices are spending up to 75% of its time on reporting due to inefficiencies, according to research from the Family Office Exchange. The research showed that the average family office spends 32% of its time on collecting, verifying, analysing ...

Majority of family offices move to direct investing: FOX

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
Over two thirds of US family offices (69%) are currently engaging in direct investing, according to the 2016 Family Office Exchange Global Investment Survey. The report also found that the tendency to invest directly was more common in family offices ...

Aussie agtech the focus for US fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
A California-based venture capital firm has announced it is fundraising in Australia as part of a final closing for its US$150 million fund investing in agriculture technology. The Finistere Ventures II fund is targeting Australian institutional investors ...