For alternatives managers and their super fund clients, in particular, the five biggest themes in the investment world are here and deserving of attention. Simon Lorne, vice chair and chief legal officer of New York-based Millennium Management spelled them out
“I wasn’t very good at school so I missed the class on understanding negative interest rates,” Michael Block, the CIO of the $9 billion Australian Catholics Superannuation Fund, said while interviewing one of his heroes in the fixed income space
Regal Funds Management, perhaps the king of the Australian hedge fund industry, took out the major ‘Best Alternative Manager of the Year’ award last week – not for the first time. The annual charity/awards night attracted more than 400 people
Michael (‘Gal’) Gallagher produced a record-breaking AIMA Australia Forum last week – the annual conference for the hedge fund industry – and backed it up with a more personal victory, winning the ‘Contribution to the Australian Hedge Fund Industry Award’
UN PRI’s annual conference in Paris last week attracted a record 1,700 attendees among asset owners and managers, including nearly 100 from Australian and New Zealand, also a record. It included the formation of an asset owner ‘leaders’ group’. There
by David Chaplin ANZ Investments in New Zealand has handed the Australian-based Maple-Brown Abbott (MBA) a newly created global listed infrastructure mandate, seeding the portfolio with NZ$250 million (A$238 million), taking the number of external managers on the ANZ (NZ)
Colonial First State Global Asset Management today starts the rebranding of its business with the new name First Sentier Investors. This follows the completion of its sale last month to Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation. The new owner is
by Wietske Blees* Regulatory scrutiny around client and investor protection continues to increase, with both the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) sharpening regulations and, critically, enforcement of those regulations. ASIC in particular has
by Chris Bedingfield* The world has changed dramatically for asset managers in the past decade. For those who believe they have something different to offer the market, it has perhaps never been harder to start up on their own. From
For alternatives managers and their super fund clients, in particular, the five biggest themes in the investment world
“I wasn’t very good at school so I missed the class on understanding negative interest rates,” Michael Block,
Regal Funds Management, perhaps the king of the Australian hedge fund industry, took out the major ‘Best Alternative
Michael (‘Gal’) Gallagher produced a record-breaking AIMA Australia Forum last week – the annual conference for the hedge
UN PRI’s annual conference in Paris last week attracted a record 1,700 attendees among asset owners and managers,
by David Chaplin ANZ Investments in New Zealand has handed the Australian-based Maple-Brown Abbott (MBA) a newly created
Colonial First State Global Asset Management today starts the rebranding of its business with the new name First
by Wietske Blees* Regulatory scrutiny around client and investor protection continues to increase, with both the Australian Securities
by Chris Bedingfield* The world has changed dramatically for asset managers in the past decade. For those who
