Category: Hedge Funds NewsThere are quite a few Hedge Fund events happening in Australia during the month of September (2011). Firstly, the Australia Hedge Fund Forum is being held in association with AIMA Australia. The event is on Tuesday the 13th of September. The Keynote Address is being given by Greg Medcraft, the Chairman of the Australian Securities [...]
State Street has released its latest VisionFocus ‘Hedge Funds: Rebuilding on a New Foundation’ report. Highlights; The expansion of hedge fund industry assets ‘represents the endorsement by institutional investors of a more transparent and rational hedge fund industry.’ ‘Hedge funds have evolved beyond their traditional markets among high-net-worth investors, foundations, endowments and the largest pension [...]
European and UK fund managers at the 2011 Fund Forum International in Monaco have expressed interest in entering the Australian retail market, according to InvestorDaily citing feedback from an Australian delegation to the event. An Australian panel presented to around 100 delegates at the forum. Questions were reportedly asked on how the Australian retail market [...]
HSBC Global Investments has commenced marketing its HSBC Alternative Investments Limited (HAIL) to Australian institutional clients. Marketing is being undertaken by Christopher Smith, HAIL’s Regional Product Head, and Chris Comino, Associate Director, Client & Consultant Relationships for HSBC Global Investments in Australia. HAIL is a US$28 billion hedge fund advisory business within the global HSBC [...]
SAIL Advisors (HK) and Parker Global Strategies have both announced plans to launch further fund of hedge funds vehicles this year, according to the latest Preqin global hedge fund spotlight edition. Other key findings; Princeton Futures, Casteel Capital, Clariden Leu (€500 million) and Blue Rock Advisors (US$970 million) are adding funds to their existing fund [...]
HFA Holdings’ wholly-owned US subsidiary, Lighthouse Investment Partners, has been awarded a $500 million asset management and advice mandate from a large US-based pension plan. ASX-listed HFA has $5.3 billion in AUM and has a strategic partnership with the US-based $70 billion fund manager Apollo Global Management. Lighthouse said that due to the increasing allocations [...]
RF Capital (for Robert Family Capital) has invested in financial assets including listed equities, hedge funds and private equity, according to the family office’s head, Andrew Roberts, speaking to The Australian. The Roberts family is worth $1.35 billion, according to the BRW Rich List. Most of the wealth was established by the late John Roberts, [...]
The next Australian Hedge Fund Operations Forum event will be on; 9th August 2011 – manager only forum, Sydney 15th September – industry education forum with Kim Ivey, President of AIMA Australia as the lunch time guest speaker. In terms of an ‘Australian hedge funds week’, the following events are taking place. Tuesday 13th September [...]
Towers Watson, in conjunction with the Financial Times, has released its Global Alternatives Survey. Key findings: Alternative assets managed on behalf of pension funds by the world’s largest managers grew 16 per cent in 2010 to US$952 billion. Alternatives now account for 19 per cent of all pension fund assets globally, up from 5 per cent [...]
Citi Prime Finance has released its survey, “Global Pensions and Sovereign Wealth Funds Investment in Hedge Funds: The Growth and Impact of Direct Investing.” Key findings; ‘Smaller’ hedge funds managing between $1 billion and $5 billion experienced the largest net growth in 2010 – a development that is contrary to conventional wisdom that capital is [...]
