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Quant fund hires from JP Morgan

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... classes. The ECCM Systematic Trend Fund was recently awarded Best Global Macro and Managed Futures Fund for 2024 at the Hedge Funds Rock & Australian Alternative Investment Awards.

Vantage Point AM hires from Merricks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
Paul Thomas, co-founder of Vantage Point Asset Management, has returned to the Singapore-based hedge fund after a four-year stint at Merricks Capital, the agricultural credit fund. Thomas has departed the firm backed by Melbourne's wealthy Liberman ...

Nanuk fund lists as currency hedged ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
Nanuk Asset Management has launched a currency hedged version of an active exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the ASX. The New World Fund (Currency Hedged) Active ETF was admitted on the ASX under ticker code NNWH on September 30. The fund invests in companies ...

UK pension giant eyes Australian timber

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... timberland this year. Nest said investing in timberland should provide stable returns with a cash yield, a natural inflation hedge, and portfolio diversification. It first began looking at the asset class' potential in 2021. Given Campbell's ...

First Environmental Futures trade on ASX

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... Zealand's first carbon futures contracts will improve access to carbon markets to allow market participants to price and hedge emissions reduction risk. The three futures contracts available today on the ASX 24 Market are: physically delivered Large ...

Investors brace for turbulence as Biden backs out

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... "Investors will likely remain on tenterhooks, closely monitoring the political landscape and adjusting their portfolios to hedge against potential risks," he said. "This sustained volatility would be a reflection of the uncertainty surrounding Harris's ...

Geopolitical risks push APAC family office allocations locally

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... increase their allocation in private equity (24% direct investments and 32% funds/funds of funds), private debt (28%) and hedge funds (31%) in the next five years, indicating their need for greater diversification," he said. Family offices from North ...

Preqin offers ESG benchmark for alternatives

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... asset classes (private equity, venture capital, real estate, private debt, natural resources and infrastructure), excluding hedge funds. The benchmark assesses more than 1000 ESG funds, as well as impact funds, climate funds, and compliance with Sustainable ...

Sunshine state issues $2.75bn green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... The majority of investors were fund managers, at 53% of total investors, with banks taking 25%, institutions taking 10%, hedge funds taking 7% and traders taking 5%. QTC issued its first green bond, at $750 million, in 2017. Earlier this month, TCorp ...

TCorp issues first sustainability bond of 2024

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Balance sheet investors had the majority at 43%, with asset managers and insurance taking 34%, institutions taking 14% and hedge funds taking 9%. Chandler pointed to a forthcoming tranche of the Metro project that would qualify under clean transportation ...