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UK multi-asset favourite pushes for super fund mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
One of the UK and US's best selling managed investment funds is now being marketed to Australian institutional investors. The Standard Life Investments Global Absolute Return Strategies (GARS) fund has attracted more than $30 billion funds under management ...

Hedge fund inflows set to double

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... period of strong returns and many commentators predicting an imminent bursting of the bond bubble, Korinke says institutional investors are looking to increase their exposure to alternative strategies, particularly in Australia. "Appetite for hedge fund ...

CORRECTION: Unfair 2-and-20 fees cast shadow over future of VCs

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... investors?" Towers Watson head of portfolio construction Ross Barry said that the general partner model does not work for institutional investors and that there is a need to find a new model. "Over the years [superfunds] have 12 per cent gross return ...

Select hedge fund partners Neuberger Berman

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... opportunity to broaden the accessibility of Neuberger Berman's investment management and advisory capabilities beyond the institutional market in Australia," said Lucas Rooney, managing director of Neuberger Berman Australia. The partnership follows ...

Investors overlook US recovery

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... Boston-based investment expert is in Australia to present the firm's global, emerging market and Australian equity funds to institutional investors. Manning explained that recent newsflow and the strong performance of investment markets had seen him ...

Pricing of unlisted assets call for new model: Northfield

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... asset classes, an analytics firm said. Northfield Asia Pacific, a US-based firm that provides analytical tools to institutional investors and asset managers, was at an investment briefing in Sydney yesterday hosted by FACTSET. The group's executive Nick ...

Investors Mutual wins Aus equities mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... Services, Financial Standard can reveal. The new mandate win extends a period of success for the fund manager in the institutional space. Investors Mutual was awarded close to $450 million by Russell Investments back in May 2012, shortly followed by ...

EM corp bonds better than US: CFSGAM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... local currency, Williamson prefers dollar exposure, dismissing local currency plays as 'fashionable'. Australian institutional investors can access Colonial First State's Emerging Market Debt capability via a mandate structure or through the overseas ...

Local appetite for hedge funds outstrips other markets

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
Australian institutional investors are showing more appetite for hedge funds than their peers in the US, Europe and Japan, according to a leading hedge fund manager. Joe Scoby, chief investment officer and chief executive of PEAK6 Advisors, a Chicago-based ...

Latin American pension funds eye PE

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... the United States look likely to limit the future private equity investments of some North American and European institutional investors. These regulations are focused on reducing the risk of insolvency for insurance companies and restrict banks from ...