Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 81 - 90 of 100 results for %22Global Endowment Fund%22

BNP Paribas hires Mallett for fixed income shop

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... investments and endowment portfolios. Mallet worked at BT Funds Management between 1984 and 2002 where he was appointed head of global fixed interest, currency, asset allocation and economics. He will be responsible for developing and managing the firm's ...

AMG buys Pantheon Ventures

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... close during the second quarter of 2010, is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. Pantheon is a global private equity fund-of-funds manager, delivering private equity investment solutions to a broad range of clients for over ...

Macquarie wins award for agricultural fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
... continue developing this portfolio of land and livestock enterprises with the scale and spread to capitalise on growth in global demand demand for Australian meat," he said. Currently, the properties owned by Paraway Pastoral Company have the combined ...

Future Fund books 4.2pc loss

FUTURE FUND UPDATE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
... the update that the fund will maintain its prudent approach given the issues that still need to be worked through across global markets, despite the market rally over recent months. "The decision to make substantial investments in credit markets alongside ...

Transition mandates to reach record highs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
... in the next few months. In such a highly concentrated market as the Australian/New Zealand space, this is significant." Global equities funds are also facing a 'survival of the fittest' test. "The dispersion of manager returns, trends toward the de-risking ...

Hedge funds to get $60 billion boost

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... managers expect redemption requests to fall to 10 per cent of their AUM in 2009 from fourth quarter 2008 highs of 25 per cent. Global hedge fund assets under management are expected to level off at $1.6 trillion by the end of 2009, after bottoming out ...

Instos cool on direct infrastructure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
Global institutional investors are snubbing direct infrastructure projects and fund-of-fund strategies for distressed assets, private equity and hedge funds in the next 12 to 24 months, according to a survey. The Alternative Investment Summit Industry ...

Stanford slashes costs to save endowment

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... next year. This is approximately $47 million more than originally anticipated, due to the deepening national recession and global economic crisis and its continuing impact on university finances, Provost John Etchemendy announced last week. Stanford ...

ETF assets to reach $1.6 trillion

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... mark in the next two years - $500 billion more than its current assets, new research by Strategic Insight shows. Assets in global exchange traded funds raked in more than $1.1 trillion at the end of 2008, and, given industry trends, worldwide ETF assets ...

BGI appoints CIO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
Barclays Global Investors' Australian chief executive, Morry Waked, has been promoted to chief investment officer and global head for BGI's global active equity business. Waked has handed over his responsibilities for Australia although he retains his ...