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Lonsec research team expands

LONSEC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
Lonsec has beefed up its research team, including hiring ex-PIS research manager Darren Howlin in a similar role, while its senior investment analyst Bronwen Moncrieff resigned to join the Future Fund. As well as contributing to Lonsec's current research ...

Select looks to sign on six dealer groups

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... year. The increasing awareness among advisers burnt by ponzi scheme Astarra's collapse, along with the losses from hedge fund investments and too much exposure to equities, have helped fuel their interest in alternative portfolio construction arrangements. ...

Analyse this

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... the Australian operations. Landau said the fund's fees are very competitive and stressed that the strategy is not a hedge fund product ("this does not have the 2-and-20 fee model"). The key, said Goff is that Janus always remembers the words made famous ...

FUM breaks through $1.4 tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
Assets managed by investment managers has broken through the $1.4 trillion barrier again after climbing 12.8 per cent in 2009 and returning to where it was 18 months ago, according to new research from Rainmaker. "This is the third consecutive quarter ...

Instinet adds four to Sydney office

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
... BZW, JBWere and ITG. Lai joined the firm from Credit Suisse. He has also spent time at Lehman Brothers, Citi and UK hedge fund DPFM. Meanwhile, Heavener also previously worked at Credit Suisse and has experience across back, middle and front office roles. ...

ERSEL selects RIMES for tech

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... it set up the first mutual fund management company authorised in Italy and, in 2000, was one of the pioneers in the hedge fund sector. With a staff of 170 people employed in its three offices in Italy and its office in Luxembourg, Ersel now offers its ...

Future Fund slashes cash for alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
The $66 billion Future Fund has halved its 30 per cent allocation to cash in three months - with alternative assets getting the biggest boost in allocation following the move. The Future Fund's allocation to cash in September stood at 31.6 per cent ...

Asia ushers 2010 with caution

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
... the GFC limping, will also be on the red alert list of investors. Many will undertake stronger due diligence on their hedge fund strategies, and some will rethink their approach to investing in the sector, predicts Mercer. Another big trend expected ...

Credit Suisse appoints Aussie for asset management

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... to joining Renaissance Group in 2006, Harvey was a founding partner at Bennelong Asset Management, a multi strategy hedge fund focused on Asia Pacific region. He spent 10 years at Credit Suisse in a number of investment banking roles with his last role ...

Frontier reweighs alternatives

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
Asset consultant Frontier is reviewing its alternatives portfolios in the first quarter of this year, a move that could potentially pump up to $2.5 billion of new money into the sector. Frontier's deputy managing director Kristian Fok said the review ...