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Rates rise in Italy while Cypriot pension funds withdraw cash

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
Troubles have again surfaced in the Eurozone with markets concerned over Italian public debt and Cypriot pension funds withdrawing cash from banks exposed to the Greek sovereign debt crisis. The yield on 10-year Italian BTP bonds has risen to 6.26 per ...

Instos go direct as hedge funds industry moves

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
Institutions are seeking direct and customised hedge fund investments in favour of commingled fund of hedge funds, as the alternative asset class attempts to reinvent itself. A new report from State Street, Hedge Funds: Rebuilding on a New Foundation ...

Super funds chase CPI linked assets

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... now account for 19% of global pension fund assets, up from 5% in 1996. Despite an apparent drop in private equity and hedge fund investments, Barry said there was a notable trend for funds investing more directly into funds rather than fund of funds ...

Yale returns tough to replicate: academic

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
Super funds modeling their investment strategies on the highly successful Yale Endowment Fund should be careful, warns an academic. The Yale Endowment Fund (YEF) is famous for the high returns it achieves from investment in private equity funds, returns ...

HSBC targets instos with hedge fund solution

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... want more dynamic and interactive ways to invest in hedge funds according to HSBC, which has launched its customised hedge fund and alternative solutions in Australia. HSBC Alternative Investments Limited (HAIL) is a hedge fund advisory business with ...

Mann power strengthens Premium Investors board

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... He also acts as an independent director on the board of Blue Rice Investment Management's BRIM Asian Credit Fund, a hedge fund domiciled in the Cayman Islands. Tom Collins, chairman of Premium Investors Limited, said Mann would strengthen the board's ...

HFA's Lighthouse wins $500m mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... placed into Lighthouse's managed accounts program and related funds. Currently Lighthouse offers a number of different hedge fund investment strategies through around 90 managed accounts. Last year in December, HFA signed a strategic partnership with ...

Zenith adds senior investment analyst

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
Zenith Investment Partners adds former Future Fund equities head to its fold as part of its new appointments as the group plans further expansion. Bronwen Moncrieff has joined Zenith as senior investment analyst within the asset class research team ...

Dissident investors could prompt REIT revival

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
Corporate merger and acquisition activity could be set to spark the Australian REITs sector back to life as investors act to realise the value of net tangible assets (NTA). A-REITs continue to trade at an NTA discount with the sector still recovering ...

Charter Hall battling hedge funds over office REIT

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
Superannuation funds could have a say in the future of Charter Hall Office REIT's $2 billion Australian portfolio if a trio of US hedge funds continues to agitate for a sale. Charter Hall Office REIT has confirmed that it will sell 100 per cent of the ...