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Unlisted valuations on track: Frontier

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
Super funds with unlisted assets can breathe easier knowing that more than 93 per cent of their alternative investment managers are strictly following their valuation policies, according to a survey by Frontier Investment Consulting. Fiona Trafford-Walker ...

Hedge funds to get $60 billion boost

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
Pension funds around the world are expected to pump up their $547 billion hedge fund allocation by more than $60 billion before December as they look to balance assets and liabilities, new research shows. Hedge fund managers are expected to heap an ...

Sunsuper terminates $200m Everest mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... chief executive Jeremy Reid. "Although we are pleased that the Sunsuper portfolio has outperformed relevant equity and hedge fund benchmark." Reid said Everest intended to focus on its absolute returns fund management business and as a result recently ...

FoHF gain liquidity tool

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
Australian fund of hedge fund managers can manage liquidity levels in real time after Northern Trust enhanced the firm's Hedge Fund Monitor product. The feature, which is available via Northern Trust's relationship with youDevise, allows the fund of ...

PASL to tap alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
... to alternatives, but we're just starting to work on that now," he said. The fund previously had small allocations to hedge fund managers, although this time around the portfolio will include assets such as direct infrastructure, private capital, property ...

Liongate snags $1 billion in mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
London-based fund of hedge fund manager Liongate Capital Management has won over $1 billion in mandates since the start of the GFC - and the firm is now seeking new wins in the Aussie institutional market. While most fund of hedge fund managers suffer ...

Future Fund seeks debt expert

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... debt and hedge funds space. "This is a unique opportunity to assist in the development and management of the debt and hedge fund portfolio," according to the statement. The analyst is expected to focus on in-depth research into managers and products ...

Mercer adds boutique, adds staff

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
... also been adding to the firm's investment research divisions, hiring an analyst earlier this month and appointing a hedge fund researcher in December last year.

Select exits third party distribution

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
Select Asset Management is exiting the retail third party distribution market and will now be focusing on manufacturing multi-asset class, multi-manager portfolios for its clients, says the firm's new chief executive, Andrew Fairweather. Fairweather ...

Frontier hires analyst

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... said Fiona Trafford-Walker, managing director at Frontier Investment Consulting. This news comes after the firm hired hedge fund researcher, Ching Lee as an analyst in December last year. In addition, the firm also hired Chris Coulhurst as an analyst ...