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Private capital industry growing at record speed

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... and make it profitable again. "Unlike many other asset classes, PE involves an active 'hands-on' approach from PE fund managers. From the due diligence and investment phase, to the active management of the portfolio companies that have been invested ...

Super and innovation: a glass half full

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... a great model where all the decisions on which projects to be funded will be made by private sector life science fund managers, not bureaucrats or politicians," he said. "The funding gap is there, the platform of medical research excellence is there ...

Majority of active managers underperforming: S&P

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
The majority of active Australian fund managers underperformed their relevant indices in FY16, according to the Mid-Year 2016 S&P Dow Jones Indices Versus Active Funds (SPIVA) Australia Scorecard. The research, issued bi-annually, tracks about 1000 ...

Bennelong appoints new product manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
... matters, including overseeing the development, launch and maintenance of Bennelong offerings across its boutique fund managers. Galli has more than 17 years' experience in investment management, most recently in the role of product manager, corporate ...

Australian funds rank well on ESG

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
Australian equity fund managers tend to rank higher than their global peers when it comes to incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in their investment decisions, Lonsec Research has found. According to the researcher's newly ...

Top boutique in first push for new investors

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
One of the top performing fund managers in Australia, Ophir Asset Management, is looking to partner with family offices and independent financial advisers in a bid to attract long-term high net worth investors. From inception in August 2012 to the end ...

Budgets with more super tinkering are possible

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... don't look at the size of their super fund every year and they might see it's not growing as fast as it used to do. Fund managers may get the blame because they haven't been able to get the return right but people wouldn't realise the government is taking ...

State Street partners with blockchain startup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... Street senior vice-president, emerging technologies center, Hu Liang said tracking capital flow is critical for fund managers in calculating investment performance. "Together, we are developing technology that is designed to track the lineage of capital ...

New fund of funds taps Indian equity specialists

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016
Two industry veterans have partnered with leading fund managers in India to offer sophisticated investors in Australia access to investment opportunities in the world's second most populous state. Former Macquarie division director Stephen Hopley and ...

Hostplus tripling venture capital exposure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... and then fund innovators." The $20 billion fund currently invests its venture capital through three Sydney-based fund managers with a focus on technology, including: M.H. Carnegie & Co (general and medical technology), Brandon Capital Partners (biotech) ...