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Hedge fund sector flourishing: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
Global hedge fund managers are increasingly setting up shop in offshore tax havens as demand for alternative investment strategies continues to soar, latest IOSCO research shows. The International Organization of Securities Commissions' (IOSCO) biannual ...

Pinnacle flags partnerships and LICs in growth plan

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
Pinnacle outlined its medium-term growth plan at a Wilsons Advisory conference today, flagging partnerships with new boutiques and launching new listed vehicles. Pinnacle chair Alan Watson and managing director Ian Macoun explained the business has ...

Australian multi-affiliate appoints custodian for Irish expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
An Australian multi-affiliate manager is introducing a new Irish-domiciled fund and has appointed a provider of custody and fund administration services. RBC Investor and Treasury Services (RBC I&TS) will oversee custody, administration, treasury, collateral ...

Equity Trustees enters $5.2bn super fund merger

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
Equity Trustees is entering a partnership to facilitate a $5.2 billion superannuation fund merger. Under the terms of the partnership, and subject to approval from the two funds' respective trustee boards, EQT's The Executive Superannuation Fund and ...

Platinum expands North American footprint

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
Platinum Asset Management appointed a new distributor to help expand its global equity capabilities to the US and Canadian institutional market. AccessAlpha Worldwide, an adviser and placement agent for institutional asset managers and investors, was ...

EQT acquires stake in UK firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017
Equity Trustees announced it will acquire a large stake in a London-based funds services solutions company, marking its first step toward global expansion. EQT will acquire 60% of Treasury Capital, a provider of fund administration and regulatory services ...

Impact investment in real-time

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
Retail and sophisticated investors can now view live Australian impact investment opportunities through one public portal. From today the Impact Investing Hub is running its Current Deals Library, which lists live impact investment opportunities and ...

Impact investment in real-time

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
Retail and sophisticated investors can now view live Australian impact investment opportunities through one public portal. From today the Impact Investing Hub is running its Current Deals Library, which lists live impact investment opportunities and ...

Government opens doors to offshore investment vehicles

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
The Federal Government is seeking public consultation on the long-awaited legislation for the Asia Region Funds Passport and Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle (CCIV) regime. The exposure draft legislation for the Asia Region Funds Passport explains ...

Australian investment firm opens London office

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
A Sydney-based global asset management firm is seeing in the new financial year with the opening of a research office in London. Antipodes Partners, which first launched in 2015 through former deputy chief investment officer of Platinum Asset Management ...