07/17/2015
Institutional investors are treating their portfolios with a greater level of tactical awareness, a portfolio manager says, with multiasset allowing them to apply their risk budget to prevailing market conditions.
07/16/2015
In recognition of the demand for high performing, concentrated global equity capabilities, we are continuing to deliver more of the firm’s global expertise to the local market.
07/16/2015
LumenLab breathes new life into Asia’s insurance sector with disruptive business models
07/15/2015
Golden Equator Capital is launching a quantitative long-short equity hedge fund to bet on and/or against stocks in Europe, Japan and the U.S.
07/15/2015
Two-partner firm Talbot Sayer claims to have “struck a niche” by advising on lower-end M&A, private equity transactions and IPOs at a competitive price.
07/15/2015
Total assets managed by the top 100 alternatives investment managers globally rose to US$3.5 trillion in 2014, with real estate and hedge funds taking the largest share of assets, according to Towers Watson.
07/15/2015
One of the latest is by LaSalle Investment Management, which has raised $91.9 million through the sale of the office at 19 Harris Street, known as Nokia House, in Pyrmont.
07/15/2015
Qatar Investment Authority has entered into a joint venture with Singapore’s CapitaLand Limited’s wholly-owned subsidiary Ascott Serviced Residence Investment.
07/14/2015
Jefferies signed a deal with BPI Securities Corp. last February to distribute to its global client base the latter’s equity research on companies in the Philippines on a co-branded basis.
07/14/2015
The past month has been enlightening for investors and providers about how illiquid the Chinese A share market still is
07/14/2015
The group reported that from inception to 30 June 2015, the fund achieved an annualised relative fund return of 10.5 per cent
07/14/2015
The UK firm will look at options after its Asia exJapan strategy hit capacity and closed to new investors. It comes as it adds a hire in Asia and launches a direct lending business.
07/14/2015
The fund house says a potential wholly foreignowned enterprise could act as its institutional client servicing platform in mainland China, marking a step change from the representative office approach.
07/14/2015
Open-ended halt to IPOs cuts an option for SME funding
07/13/2015
The regulatory environment for hedge funds in Singapore is described as “volatile rather than accommodating” with a lot of people looking at alternative financial centres
07/13/2015
Mercer has appointed Northern Trust Company as custodian for its $25 billion in investment and superannuation assets.
07/13/2015
LSE Group bought Frank Russell for $2.7 billion last year, primarily for its index business.
07/13/2015
Old Mutual Global Investors’ $212m Old Mutual Asian Equity fund will now become part of the firm’s equity income strategy.
07/13/2015
What this means, in plain English, is that investors who have put their money into the hedge fund cannot, at the moment, redeem their shares for cash.
07/12/2015
Starboard Value’s push to have Yahoo spin off its Alibaba stake is just one way that hedge funds are playing the Chinese e-commerce giant.