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BlackRock to buy private equity business

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
US investment manager BlackRock will acquire Swiss Re's European private equity and infrastructure fund of funds franchise, Private Equity Partners. The sale of Swiss Re's US$7.5bn unit is expected to be completed by the end of Q3, according to a statement ...

UHNWs target PE, commodities, real estate

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
The Institute for Private Investors has released the results of an investment tracking survey that says commodities, real estate and private equity are the top investment choices among ultra high net worth families in 2012. "This year's data reinforced ...

Premium China expands distribution team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
The need for an increase in adviser education on investing into the debt sector following last year's launch of the Premium Asia Income Fund has lead Premium China Funds Management to reconfigure its distribution team. The company has made two new hires ...

Census 2011: Australia is changing, and fast

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... all this while we are transitioning into a rainbow Eurasian people ideally positioned between East and West like a hedge fund positioned between arbitraging world capital markets. But fewer of us are getting married and more are likely to never marry. ...

UHNW take $720bn hit in 2011

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
A 4.9% decline in the wealth of ultra-high net worth individuals saw the value of the entire high net worth sector contract by $US 700 billion in 2011. The fall is despite a 0.8% increase in the number of HNWIs, according to the latest RBC/Capgemini ...

Investment grade wine attracts global wealth

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
Fine wine is increasing in attractiveness as an asset class for global private wealth investment, according to US-based specialist firm Trellis Wine Investments, which reports an annualised non-correlated return of 11.33% over the past 10 years. A recent ...

No random walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... in the markets. Buy now and pay the price later or sell today and be caught short by a policy announcement tomorrow. Hedge fund manager Paul Sinclair's -- who is reportedly liquidating the Los Angeles-based Expo Capital Management - sentiment perhaps ...

Macquarie wins currency mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
... strategy to our line-up of core investments," said Laurent Guillet, chief executive officer for Amundi AI. Amundi makes hedge fund investments for the benefit of both external clients and its proprietary funds. Its AI division both designs and structures ...

BlackRock appoints head of alternatives

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
BlackRock has named Andrew Landman as head of alternatives in Australia. In this role, Landman will further strengthen BlackRock's alternative investment capability in Australia to meet clients' investment needs. Landman has more than 18 years of industry ...

IOOF appoints new investment specialist

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
... past eight years building the SSga suite of Exchange Traded and Unlisted Funds. Prior to this role, Smith worked for a hedge fund for two years as distribution executive for Australian and New Zealand markets, focusing on sales to financial institutions ...