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Retirement advice will take hit from education reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
... close their doors," Sinclair said. Rather than selling businesses at fire sale prices, planners should seek feasible alternatives as it simply makes no sense in an environment of growing consumer demand and market for financial advice, he said. "The ...

Investment managers turning to hungry retail market

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
Boutique and alternatives managers, traditionally the purview of institutional and wholesale investors, are turning to an increasingly sophisticated retail market to diversify their client bases. Consider Cooper Investors, the $11 billion global equities ...

Asset managers feeling profit squeeze

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... remains challenging, and the decade-long migration of investments from traditional active-core assets to passives and alternatives will persist, hence squeezing traditional assets and shrinking revenues. BCG principal and the report's co-author Helene ...

Macquarie leads alternatives pack

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... months to December 2016, with Macquarie Group dominating the local sector. The annual Willis Towers Watson global alternatives survey of 562 investment managers (which included 47 from Asia Pacific) found real estate managers (35%) hold the lion's share ...

Global $430bn manager enters Australian market

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
A US-based global alternatives firm with more than $430 billion in assets under management is setting up shop in Sydney, appointing a local principal in the process. As head of Australia and New Zealand, James Martin will spearhead Hamilton Lane's operations ...

Global asset manager acquires stake in Aussie driller

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
A global alternatives investment management firm with $120 billion under management will invest a portion of its funds into western-Australian deep directional mineral drilling services company DDH1 Drilling. Oaktree Capital Management, headquartered ...

MetLife restructures US and UK operations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... Exchange Commission. At the time of the announcement MetLife said it was continuing to "evaluate and pursue structural alternatives for the planned separation", including the possibility of a sale. The Form 10 was declared effective by the SEC on 6 July ...

EU markets directive to reshape global alternatives

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
... survey conducted by the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), which highlighted the extent to which alternatives managers are struggling to come to grips with the consequences of MiFID II. More than a third (34%) remain undecided about ...

Investors to benefit from $4tn US infrastructure bill

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... opportunities for investors worldwide, according to BNY Mellon research. The 2017 BNY Mellon Investment Management Alternatives Outlook noted Donald Trump's pledge US$1 trillion to a US infrastructure overhaul has driven up investment appetite for the ...

Advisers must seek alternative estate planning options: Austock

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
Smart estate planning must include alternatives to the will, says Austock Group. In a note to financial advisers, the registered pooled development fund recommends considering an investment bond. The bond provides for an arrangement that is not only ...