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Insto investors want better marketing material

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... promoters seeking to raise capital is because institutional investors are on average presented with 35 closed-end private equity fund marketing documents per quarter, up from 31 in 2012, noted Preqin. Another major problem area is information about fund ...

Super funds hungry for global equities specialists

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... superannuation funds and other institutional investors, according to Lars Wincentsen, portfolio manager at Danish global equity fund Carnegie Asset Management. Since Carnegie entered the Australian market in 2010, Australia has become its second biggest ...

UK boutique joins Fidante Partners stable

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013
... equities manager's business in Australia and New Zealand while R&M will manage the River & Mercantile Wholesale Global Equity Fund, which mirrors the investment approach and asset allocation of their UK-based fund of the same name. "We are excited to ...

Aussie ETF industry comes of age

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013
... without incurring FOREX costs. Vynokur said this "democratises currency" and that one significant Australian global equity fund manager was using the BetaShare US Dollar ETF [USD] extensively in this way. Focusing on the broader ETF market he added ...

Hedge funds fear 'draconian' disclosure rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
Superannuation funds could find themselves locked out of the best international private equity and hedge funds if the government's "draconian" portfolio holdings disclosure requirements go through unamended, representatives of the alternative investment ...

Investors risk being left behind by renewable energy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... environmental trends, according to Nanuk Asset Management director Paul Chadwick. Nanuk manages a long/short thematic global equity fund which invests in companies that are positively exposed to a long-term structural shift towards cleaner and more efficient ...

Strong credit-based strategies contenders in 2013 Hedge Fund Award nominations

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
... Australia High Conviction Fund, PM Capital Absolute Performance Fund AUD Best Market Neutral Fund - Bennelong Long Short Equity Fund, BlackRock 32 Capital Master USD, Macquarie Asian Alpha Fund Best Global Macro/Future Fund - GMO Systematic Global Macro ...

Aussie shares best in a generation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
Australian shares have outstripped all other major asset classes over the last 30 years, according to research by Vanguard. The passive investment specialist has illustrated the importance of remaining exposed to the market over the long-term with 30-year ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
... at the evolution of platforms, breaking our lump sum love affair and we showcase the Franklin Templeton Australian Equity Fund. We also profile Manny Pohl, the co-founder of Hyperion Asset Management and now from EC Pohl & Co. You can read these articles ...

Perpetual attributes FUM decline to market falls

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
Perpetual's funds under management (FUM) fell 2.7% in the quarter to 30 June 2013. The fund manager attributed the fall to weaker equity market performance, noting that the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation index fell 2.8%. On a year-on-year basis, FUM increased ...