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Blue Sky to raise $20m for alternatives fund

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
Blue Sky Alternatives Access Fund is seeking to raise up to $20 million through a one for three non-renounceable entitlement issue of new ordinary shares. The Blue Sky Alternatives Access Fund (BSAAF) is Australia's only listed diversified alternatives ...

Funds wrestling with liquidity problem

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... results in what is known as 'cash drag', forcing the investment team into riskier assets such as diversified credit or alternatives. Neal explained that long-term investment managers can take advantage of the premium offered on investments with less ...

Defensive pension pots just won't last

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... in a more diversified portfolio (43% cash/fixed income, 26% Australian equities, 17% international equities, 10% alternatives and 5% property), would be able to fund their retirement, on average, for an additional eight years, before their savings run ...

UK pension changes to benefit Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... advantages." He also predicted that "as the LTA changes bite, an increasing number of pension savers will look for alternatives."

Former Platinum deputy CIO sets up new boutique

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... yen. He also backs mature technology stocks in the US such as Microsoft and Cisco which are compelling cheap next to alternatives in the space and benefit from strong management teams.

ASX will cut clearing fees if monopoly extended

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... the US, Brazil and Asia - though not in Europe. It claims the model is more efficient and more transparent than the alternatives and avoids further fragmentation which benefits high frequency traders. Rival exchange Chi-X Australia's chief executive ...

Fixed income offers little equity risk protection: CFM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... protection against equity market risk. That's according to one of the heads of the $6 billion French hedge fund and alternatives manager Capital Fund Management (CFM). Philippe Jordan told Financial Standard that the best outcome fixed income funds can ...

I cut, you cut, I cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
... consumer confidence and spending, turn 'below trend' growth into at least 'at trend' growth or... make other investment alternatives - apart from property and the stock market - less attractive? That, at least, is the hope. Lowering interest rates some ...

Alternatives managers asked to help more with fees

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
More than half of investors in hedge funds and other alternatives say changes to fee structures can better align their interests with fund managers, according to a recent survey by data and research provider Preqin. Of the five major alternative asset ...

Future Fund alternatives head joins Hedge Fund Standards Board

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
Future Fund's head of debt and alternatives David George has joined the board of the Hedge Fund Standards Board (HFSB). The HFSB said the appointment emphasises the important role of sovereign wealth funds in promoting better practices in the hedge ...