private equity

Editorial

Asset classes and product types: considering the alternatives

What asset classes/product types does your firm include under the 'alternatives' label? Why? How many strategies/funds do you rate in each?...

Editorial

Asset classes and product types: considering the alternatives

PortfolioConstruction Forum, in association with Money Management, asked the research houses the following questions: What asset classes/product types does your firm incl...

Funds management

Private equity neglecting middle market

Private equity investors are missing an opportunity with respect to middle market companies....

Editorial

The future of emerging markets

Emerging markets have been the mainstay of the investment industry over the last few years. David Russ considers the sector's future....

Funds management

Private equity space remains risk averse

The private equity market has a role to play in boosting initial public offerings (IPOs), which are nowhere near their 2007 highs despite an increase in number, according...

Financial planning

Distressed equity opportunities with Brookfield

Canadian distressed equity asset manager, Brookfield Special Situations Group, has expressed its interest in raising funds from Australian investors on a recent visit to ...

Editorial

Private equity 'barbarians' rattle Perpetual's gates

With the private equity 'barbarians' rattling Perpetual's gates, Mike Taylor writes that there will be plenty of interest in the future of the company's Private Wealth bu...

Editorial

Asset allocation and alternative investments - finding the right fit

Dominic McCormick takes a look at alternative investments and what they mean for investors....

Financial planning

Select added to AXA and CFS platforms

Select Asset Management’s Alternatives Portfolio has been added to AXA’s North platform as well as Colonial First State’s FirstWrap....

Editorial

Are alternative investments still a buffer against market volatility?

Alternative investments traditionally offer a buffer against market volatility. Chris Kennedy finds out how they have fared over the course of the last 12 months. ...

Financial planning

Super starts slowly in 2010

Superannuation funds lost ground in January after finishing 2009 on a high, although funds across the board have still recorded strong growth for the financial year to da...

Financial planning

AIOFP lobbying regulators over Trio Capital

The Association of Independently-Owned Financial Planners (AIOFP) is lobbying key regulatory and administrative stakeholders over the management of now defunct fund manag...

Financial planning

Morningstar chief steps down

Andrew Bird to leave the research house in March....

Financial planning

Assess IPOs carefully in 2010: Aberdeen

The increase in the number of initial public offerings (IPOs) hitting the market is likely to continue in 2010, but these offers should be assessed against a careful chec...

Financial planning

Blue Sky looks to water investments

Blue Sky Funds Management will include water investments in its new retail private equity fund to be launched in the New Year, hoping to attract financial planning networ...