Access, Partnership And Expertise In Hedge Funds
Category: Hedge FundsBlue Sky Alternative Investments will acquire hedge fund firm Investment Science through a transaction comprising of 100% Blue Sky scrip and upfront and deferred consideration components. Investment Scienceʼs details are in Basis Point Consultingʼs Australian Investment Managers Directory. Blue Sky reported a net loss of $2.89 million in the six months to Dec 2013. The firm is [...]
Deutsche Bank has released the results of its 12th annual survey of investors in alternative class assets. The highlights include… • Investors remain bullish on industry growth – hedge funds are expected to reach a record $3 trillion by year-end 2014, up from $2.6tn as of 2013 year-end. This is based on investorsʼ predictions of $171 billion net [...]
EY’s seventh annual survey of the global hedge fund market,” Exploring pathways to growth”, reveals: • The industry continues to mature, and new practices have now almost entirely superseded the old hedge fund model. • Firms are focusing on growth ‘with a resigned acceptance of regulatory and reporting intrusions.’ Polarity exists, with the largest firms [...]
Total assets managed by the Top 100 global alternative investment managers (by AUM size) reached $3.1 trillion in 2012, according to research by Towers Watson and published in conjunction with the Financial Times. The 97-page Global Alternatives Survey covered seven asset classes (see below) with real estate accounting for a third of AUM. Hedge funds, [...]
Recently I met an old friend working for a prominent Australian Multi Manager. We met at a coffee shop, which was part of the brand new, state-of-the-art bank headquarters in a newly developed area just south of Sydney’s CBD. I was quite amazed at a number of things. First, the office was a “hot desk” [...]
Some years ago, my boss at a well-known fund manager told the investment team that marketing was BS and that good performance and process would attract all the fund flow that you need. You can imagine how that stuck in my throat. I will always contend that you might produce the best widget in the world but if you don’t market [...]
Credit Suisse has released its Annual Global Hedge Fund Investor Survey. Highlights 1. Responses came from close to 550 institutional investors, representing $1.03 trillion of hedge fund investments. 2. Long/Short Equity was identified as being the most sought after strategy in 2013. 3. Emerging Markets Equity was the second most favoured strategy. 4. Emerging Markets and [...]
Some recent news about managers of hedge funds… Acorn Capital has launched the AU Acorn Capital Asia Small Cap Fund. The fund is issued by Australian Unity Funds Management. Douglas Loh, Acorn Capital’s head of Asia, said the firm has built a team of seven dedicated investment professionals who have extensive experience in Asian markets [...]
Ernst & Young has released its sixth annual survey of the global hedge fund market, ‘Finding Common Ground.’ The survey (compiled by Greenwich Associates for E&Y) interviewed 100 hedge fund managers who manage over US$710 billion, and 50 institutional investors with over US$190 billion allocated to hedge funds. Highlights… Investors and hedge fund managers have made [...]
Global managers continue to establish Australian sales operations or strike local distribution deals, attracted by the country’s $1.9 trillion pool of investment capital (as calculated in the Triple A Partners / Basis Point Consulting Australian Hedge and Boutique Fund Directory 2012). Latest developments include: BNP Paribas Investment (BNPP PI) will act as a distributor for [...]
