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WA Local Government SELECT Gottex

SELECT Asset Management (SELECT) have won a $20 million mandate from the WA Local Government Superannuation Scheme. The mandate, to be placed within the SELECT Gottex Market Neutral Fund, was awarded after due diligence was completed by Counterpoint ...

Select the team to expand

... for investors." In possible signs of things to come, Foley adds that "we will continue to add specialist alternative investment management expertise in order to enhance SELECT's offerings."

Asian hedge fund to target Australian assets

Singapore-based Fairfield Straits Lion Asset Management (FSL) is seeking to offset Asian market volatility by adding exposure to Australian assets to their hedge fund portfolios. Tony Foo Cheong, FSL Chief Executive Officer, said "We see exposure to ...

TWUSUPER revamps investment strategy

Transport industry super fund TWUSUPER has announced it is undertaking a strategic investment review with plans to include new asset classes and alternative investments. "The last strategic review was back in 2003 so we felt it appropriate to have another ...

Sunsuper looks to alternatives

... funds. The industry fund's specialist consultant on alternative assets, Sovereign Research will advise on alternative investment opportunities and managers. Sunsuper CEO Don Luke says investors could now be facing some tough times ahead following the ...

Hedge Funds open to the retail market

In response to investor demand for hedge fund strategies Macquarie has opened its hedge fund strategies to retail investors through its Newton Specialist Funds (Macquarie Newton) vehicle. Macquarie Bank division director for its equity markets group ...

Vanguard warns investors to consider tax and fees on investments

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2005
... judiciously, they probably have a role in some portfolios, but not most in my opinion," he said. However, Alternative Investment Management Association Australia chairman Kim Ivey said tax is a natural outcome of being an active investor. "Hedge funds ...

US Clean Tech opportunities opened to local market

... risk of the portfolio is mitigated by the quality of the underlying managers. Brakey says the expanded alternative investment teams incorporating the US based managers will allow Australian investors the opportunity to get exposure in US private equity ...

Investorweb restructures its research

IWL's research division Investorweb has amalgamated its traditional managed funds and alternative investment research teams appointing Angela Ashton to the new role of general manager - managed investments research. "Given the blurring of boundaries ...

ORBITS now suitable for super funds

Aegis has recommended the Credit Suisse ORB Investment Traded Securities (ORBITS) suitable for superannuation funds as part of its Superannuation Investment Review (SIR). Aegis's SIR assesses structured investments and alternative investments against ...