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Macquarie Group tops global alternative investment table

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
Australian financial services firm Macquarie Group is the world's largest investor in alternative assets with almost $95 billion invested in infrastructure, according to research by Towers Watson and the Financial Times. Total assets managed by the ...

Bloomberg ASEAN roadshow kicks off

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
Bloomberg launched its new ASEAN Bond Portal at its annual ASEAN Fixed Income Roadshow which kicked off in Singapore yesterday. Bloomberg's ASEAN Bond Portal will be used to provide a centralised place where investors can view all the available bonds ...

Endowment bond product frees SMSFs to add risk

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The steady stream of reliable income provided by endowment bonds provides self-funded retirees with the certainty to take greater risk elsewhere in their portfolios, according to Endowment Bond Exchange (EBX) chief executive officer Stephen Duchesne. ...

Former Deutsche PM joins 90 West

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
Former Deutsche Asset Management portfolio manager Daniel Sullivan has joined the 90 West Global Natural Resources Fund. Sullivan, who has 21 years experience in the investment management industry, joined the company in May as a senior investment analyst. ...

Man Group hires former JP Morgan MD as CEO

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... quantitative AHL strategies, the range of GLG alternative and long-only discretionary strategies and Man's fund of hedge fund offering FRM. Douglas has 27 years investment experience. He joins Man from JP Morgan's London office where he spent the past ...

Rivkin firm launches managed funds

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... rate notes; similar to the existing Rivkin Local advice product. There will also be an unconstrained long/short global hedge fund that blends technical and fundamental analysis of exchange-traded and over-the-counter instruments. This more complex product ...

FUM breaks through pre-GFC barrier

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
It's taken five long years but Australia's funds under management (FUM) market has finally recovered all the FUM that was lost during the global financial crisis. Research released by the Rainmaker group in their March 2013 Roundup report reveals the ...

US hedge funds abandon Europe on new regulations

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) directive, which has been devised by European lawmakers to rein in the hedge fund, private equity fund and real estate fund industries. From July the new directive will limits the ability of non-European alternative ...

Abenomics strengthens investment ties with Japan

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
The dramatic lift in confidence arising from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's aggressive stimulus measures has created opportunities for investment to flow between Australia and Japan in both directions, according to Nikko Asset Management chairman ...

ASIC to accept submissions for 'hedge fund' definition

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... and Investments Commission (ASIC) will consider submissions from the industry in order to refine the definition of 'hedge fund'. The announcement follows concerns over the current definition of 'hedge fund' and affects a number of funds that do not exhibit ...