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Regulation compounds hedge fund woes

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... Associates for Ernst & Young, compares opinions from 100 hedge fund managers who manage over US$710 billion and 50 institutional investors with over US$190 billion allocated to hedge funds. It found that just one in 10 hedge fund investors believes regulation ...

AMP to raise $1 billion for 2nd infra debt fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
AMP Capital has launched a new infrastructure debt fund to institutional investors following increasing demand from Asia, Europe and North America. The AMP Capital Infrastructure Debt Fund II (IDF) invests in the subordinated debt of infrastructure ...

Corporate Asian bonds on fire: HSBC

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
Due to flush liquidity, the rise of a hungry institutional investor base locally, and regulators keen to loosen up the region's reliance on bank funding, Asia's bond markets - currently running red hot - are to expected maintain rapid growth in years ...

China: economy rising, market sinking

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... latest of which is the 20% reduction in trading fees implemented last September. In April, the Commission increased institutional investors' access to its market by raising the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (QFII) program to US$80 billion ...

BNP Paribas Securities Services appoints IRP Asia/Pac head

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... driving business development of the bank's performance reporting and risk analytics solutions among new and existing institutional clients in the region. He leads a team of more than 20 specialists and will articulate and roll-out the bank's IRP product ...

WA planners reject big dealer groups

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... delivered, Fernandes said. "This is not a one-off case, it is part of an industry-wide disillusion," he said. Big institutional dealer groups will almost always look purely at profitability, investing heavily in signing new practices rather than supporting ...

AIST CEO resigns for UN post

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... sustainable investing and climate change awareness. "There is a strong match between the objectives of long term, institutional investors and the aims of the PRI. "I firmly believe that global investors working together can achieve the PRI's goals of ...

Investor cash obsession worries wealth creators

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... bullish than the wider retail market. It's not just consumers who are opting for the safest financial products. Institutional portfolio managers are keeping a large rainy day fund as well, biding their time for more certain opportunities to present themselves. ...

Asset consultants influence to grow amid industry change

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... perhaps even between the success or failure of a fund manager." Alex Francois, head of Australia and New Zealand institutional distribution at William Blair, has the task of launching the Chicago-based firm's funds in Australia with the ultimate goal ...

Super fund awards natural resources mandate

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... specialist skills of dedicated natural resource managers. "We have put a lot of time and money towards becoming institutional grade." It is a space where there is room for more competition, but evaluating the quality of resources is critical, said Whitten ...