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Blue Sky to raise $200m for new VC fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... comfortably with superannuation mandates," Dr Stead said. Blue Sky Venture Capital is a division of listed diversified alternatives company Blue Sky Alternative Investments.

NZ Super appoints new chair

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... Lindsay Wright has also been appointed deputy chair. Wright is currently Asia-Pacific regional head of institutional, alternatives and investment solutions with Invesco Hong Kong. Prior to joining Invesco, Wright was chief executive of Harvest Alternatives ...

Hedge funds under cost pressure from brokers

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... fund managers have moved cash to custodians as a result, while 35% have purchased highly liquid securities as cash alternatives. EY's Oceania hedge fund leader, Jon Pye said, "Many prime brokers have less capacity to offer than in the past, so hedge ...

Pinebridge absolute return fund rated by Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... Multi-Asset, Real Return' sector review. This follows an 'Investment Grade' rating from Lonsec Research in its '2015 Alternatives' review. The fund, which is only available through distributors, has also been added to the BT Wrap and HUB24 Invest platforms. ...

Man Diversified Alternatives recommended by Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
Zenith Investment partners has reaffirmed its 'recommended' rating for the Man Diversified Alternatives fund with it ranking highest among its peer group in the researcher's 2015 Multi Strategy and Fund of Hedge Funds Sector Report. Man Group is one ...

New alternative beta fund answers hedge fund short-comings

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
Amid poor fixed income returns, the need for alternatives in today's portfolios is being recognised by mainstream investors. But high fees, a lack of transparency, little capacity in top performing products and inconsistent returns from skill based ...

Macquarie to enter robo-advice sector

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... is based on a fee-for-service model and will provide advice covering cash, fixed income, equities, commodities and alternatives, tailored to a client's risk profile and goals. It will have the facility to execute trades and implement plans for investors ...

ME and mutuals must embrace fintech

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... Inquiry (FSI); constraints on lending growth across the banking sector requiring consumers and investors to look at alternatives; investment in new technology starting to pay dividends; falling technology costs allowing investment in new and improved ...

FEATURE: The circle of life

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... the advent of Qantas Super's lifecycle fund was also much about trying to provide members with different choices or alternatives. The fund has other pre-mixed investment solutions - some with higher exposure to growth assets and vice versa. "This [lifecycle ...

Towers Watson boosts hedge fund research team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... time when these investments are very popular among institutional investors seeking to diversify, notably into liquid alternatives," Towers Watson global head of manager research Luba Nikulina