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IPO conversations 'sparking interest': Barrenjoey

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024
Barrenjoey Capital Markets co-executive chair Guy Fowler says the firm has had more conversations about IPOs in the last two months than in the previous three years, indicative of "sparked interest," at a briefing on the future of Australian capital ...

GAM launches alternative investments unit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
... Saporta to build out GAM's alternative investment capabilities. Freeman has over 30 years' experience in the global hedge fund investment management industry, having managed a range of alternative investment funds and managed accounts. From 2017 to 2023 ...

ANZ, Blackstone launch HNWI fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
ANZ and global alternatives fund manager Blackstone have launched a multi-asset strategy for high-net-worth investors (HNWI). The Graphene Alternative Fund is an Australian unit trust and absolute-return strategy that is exclusive to ANZ Private clients. ...

Citi Australia appoints debt capital markets lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024
... Ashton returned to Citi in 2022 serving as director of equities. Prior to her return, she was the managing director of hedge fund sales at Austock Securities, before moving on to become managing director of Ecofin Australia, formerly Change Investment ...

Apex, ACA partner to broaden client services

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2024
... solutions Jude Hilton said. A statement from Apex Group said that the partnership will benefit global private equity, hedge fund, and real asset managers of all sizes, as well as those seeking global expansion. The financial services firm's statement ...

Geopolitical risks push APAC family office allocations locally

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2024
Geopolitical risks are dictating how family offices in the Asia Pacific invest as more intend to shift asset allocations to their home regions, according to UBS. Family offices surveyed in the UBS Global Family Office Report across the Asia Pacific ...

Family offices up active management, eye generative AI: UBS

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
Family offices are increasingly turning to active management or manager selection to diversify portfolios, according to the latest UBS Global Family Office Report. The report, which compiled insights from 320 family offices with an average net worth ...

CalSTRS appoints chief investment officer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
... officer for the Sacramento County Employees' Retirement System and was a partner and portfolio manager for several hedge fund partnerships, where he gained direct investing expertise. Chan is a board member of the Toigo Foundation, co-chair and board ...

Billionaire quant investing legend Jim Simons dies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
Jim Simons, the founder of Renaissance Technologies, a hedge fund that became one of the most profitable firms in history, has died at the age of 86. Simons began his career as a mathematician, earning a mathematics degree from MIT in 1958 and a PhD ...

The top investment funds over the past year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... and Marathon Digital Holdings - account for nearly 50% of the fund's weighting. The Global X Ultra Long NDQ 100 Hedge Fund (ASX: LNAS) came second with an 84.5% return. The fund offers investors positively geared exposure to the Nasdaq-100 Index. ...