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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 ...

Australia lags on commodities investments

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
Despite an economic reliance on natural resources, Australia has lagged other developed markets in commodities investments, according to S&P Indices. "We tend to look at the market and think, well, if we've got BHP and Rio then we've got enough in direct ...

J.P Morgan launches automated fund platform

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... funds, to deal with multiple counterparties via a single, automated online channel for all unlisted unit trust and hedge fund orders. The service is electronically enabled for both inbound and outbound movements, and can integrate directly with counterparties ...

Emerging managers add twice the alpha

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... enough to cover the full cost structure of most institutional funds," he said. Urbani added that at launch the average Hedge Fund had $26 million in FUM and that it takes an average 16 months to grow above $100 million. Only 4% of funds ever managed ...

APRA: Third line of defence in Trio-style fraud

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... regulatory powers." In the address, the deputy chairman also highlighted the measures that APRA did take to prevent hedge fund related incidents, as well as recalling the industry backlash that followed. "In 2003 APRA alerted all trustees advising them ...