Category: GeneralAustralia has the fifth largest pension fund market, and is the fastest growing amongst the 13 major markets studied, according to Towers Watson’s Global Pension Assets Study. Country Pension Fund Assets (US$ billion) Growth rate10-year CAGR % US 16,080 5.2 Japan 3,363 4.7 UK 2,394 8.5 Canada 1,303 10.5 Australia 1,301 17.0 Source Towers Watson [...]
AMP Capital Investors and ipac will combine their manager research teams, according to InvestorDaily. The merged 13-strong team will support portfolio managers in the construction and management of diversified multi-manager funds for AMP, Axa, ipac and Tynan Mackenzie. The alternatives group within the team will be headed by Suzanne Tavill. ipac CIO Jeff Rogers will [...]
ASIC has released a consultation paper proposing research report providers, including research houses, separate their business units as a strategy to manage conflicts of interest. The proposed segregation would involve strict physical and electronic separation between ancillary business units such as consulting and funds management services and the research business. A key conflict of interest issue for research report providers is whether providers [...]
Last year, I was introduced to a fund that invested solely in secondary market shares of Facebook. This is a pretty intriguing investment. I tried to get involved in the transaction to be able to offer exposure to Australian investors. In the past, I noticed that the large VC cap raisings bypass Australia altogether because [...]
Delighted to announce that we’re now “Live” with the new Triple A Parters Australia blog… …your best source of news, analysis and comment on hedge funds and alternative investments with a particular emphasis on Australia. Our objective is to be the hub of Australian alternative investment and hedge funds knowledge and this new blog will [...]
Hi Everyone! We’re setting up a new blog on the site so that we can keep you updated even better about news and events in the world of hedge funds. Bear with us for a short while as we set things up. Thanks and look forward to this new chapter in the Triple A Partners [...]
