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Intrastructure investment in Australia attractive to International funds

Canadian pension funds and international sovereign wealth funds have continued their investments in Australian infrastructure and property in recent months, but local funds ... [more]

Future Fund warns on EU regulatory risk

The head of infrastructure at the $80 billion Future Fund has cited regulatory risk in Europe and the United Kingdom as reasons to ... [more]

Global Dialogue spurs pension-fund collaboration

Geoff Mellor, chief executive of the £20-billion UK fund Coal Pension Trustees (CPT), used his opening words to ask why the audience of ... [more]

Infrastructure allocations below 3 per cent “meaningless”

While infrastructure as an asset class has been embraced by pension funds in Europe and Australia alike, in the US it is still ... [more]

Infrastructure allocations below 3 per cent “meaningless”

While infrastructure as an asset class has been embraced by pension funds in Europe and Australia alike, in the US it is still ... [more]

The case for hedge fund betas: lessons learned about correlations

US-based quant shop AQR Capital has helped pioneer the notion of hedge fund beta as an investable product. With first-year performance numbers now ... [more]

The case for hedge fund betas: lessons learned about correlations

US-based quant shop AQR Capital has helped pioneer the notion of hedge fund beta as an investable product. With first-year performance numbers now ... [more]

Private equity valuations to freefall in 2009

Private equity fund values are expected to plummet by more than half in 2009, with well-known large buyout funds performing little better than ... [more]

Private equity valuations to freefall in 2009

Private equity fund values are expected to plummet by more than half in 2009, with well-known large buyout funds performing little better than ... [more]

Madoff aftermath could see SEC and CFTC merge

Bernard Madoff’s alleged US$50 billion Ponzi scheme is breathing new life into Bush-era proposals that could subject money managers to a new layer ... [more]