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Legg Mason makes three acquisitions

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
... Lightyear Capital, will sell its entire ownership stake in the transaction. The EnTrust deal will create a new global alternatives firm with more than US$26 billion in pro-forma AUM and total assets of US$29 billion. The firm will have a "diverse offering ...

Alternatives managers see record growth

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
... alternative assets industry saw record growth to $10.5 trillion in 2015, according to Preqin research. The Preqin Global Alternatives Report for 2016 indicated that this was primarily driven by growth in private equity, which saw $274 billion in new ...

Chi-X Australia being acquired by private equity firm

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... managing director Thierry Porte added, "The Chi-X businesses have established themselves as successful and innovative alternatives to primary exchanges. "Their superior technology, service and trade execution performance will continue to drive positive ...

Colonial First State appoints new alternatives manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
Colonial First State (CFS) has appointed an additional alternatives manager for its FirstChoice multi-sector portfolios following a 2015 mid-year review. GAM will now be responsible for 50% of the FirstChoice defensive alternatives portfolio with incumbent ...

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 ...