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Peak6 reopens to Australian investors

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
Investment from Australian institutions has helped US hedge fund manager Peak6 achieve one of the fastest growing launches in recent times. The group's Achievement fund launched in September 2012 and has already grown to US$1.55 billion in funds under ...

Financial services to make 100,000 millionaires by 2017

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... minority in what is a very equal economy," he finished. Click here to read more articles about the high net worth and family office sector.

Wealthy parents fear kids can't handle family fortune

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... Determining at what age to involve children in financial discussions is central decision for the ultra-wealthy and many family office and private wealth advisers have specialists in managing inter-generational wealth. The study, part of U.S. Trust's ...

Prime Value AM gets SIV approval

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
... said he believed investors looking to take advantage of the SIV would be attracted to the company's origins as a family office and its experience in dealing with ultra-high net worth investors. "Many international investors, particularly in Asia, favour ...

Fraud and cybercrime biggest non-investment risks to family offices

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... Wealth Alliance's 2012 Inaugural Security Study. For the study - which was conducted in two parts -- the US-based family office research and resource provider asked 35 single-family offices to answer a set of security questions. Then a further 24 firms ...

US Hedge Fund Association opens in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
The US-based Hedge Fund Association, a nonpartisan industry body aimed at increasing transparency and trust in alternative investments, has established an Australian chapter. The lobbying organisation's membership includes hedge funds, funds of funds ...

Former Deutsche AM CEO joins Brookvine

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
Former chief executive of Deutsche Asset Management Stephen O'Brien has been made executive director at advisory and marketing firm Brookvine. O'Brien was at Deutsche for five years. Before that he worked at Schroders and at Tyndall Investment Management. ...

Hunter Hall founder targets instos and SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... Management has re-launched in Australia as Altair Asset Management to reflect a broadening of its business beyond family office and private wealth investment to include institutional and retail clients. Philip Parker, who co-founded Hunter Hall in the ...

FIIG appoints joint heads of intermediaries

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
Fixed-income investment specialist FIIG Securities(FIIG) has appointed Emma Jenkin and Cathryn Gross as joint heads of Intermediaries under a part-time job share arrangement. Jenkin, who will be based in Melbourne, worked for eight years at investment ...

Praemium launches FoFA-ready CRM tool

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
Praemium has launched a new cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) solution for financial advisers. WealthCraft, integrates fully with Microsoft Outlook, enabling advisers and wealth managers to track and manage interactions with clients ...