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Laminar awarded hedge fund of the year

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013
... Australia while MST Capital got the award for best emerging manager. Pengana was named best investor supporting Australian managers. Aurora chief investment officer John Corr was recognised for his contribution to the domestic hedge fund industry. The ...

Strong credit-based strategies contenders in 2013 Hedge Fund Award nominations

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
... Whitehaven for the SPC Correlation Fund. Chair of the Awards Committee, Simon Ibbetson of 358 Strategies, said that Australian managers with credit-based strategies had done very well in 2012/2013. The Best Emerging Manager category was also particularly ...

Maple-Brown Abbott moves into global listed infra

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... Group. A total of $10.3 billion (approximately) in listed infrastructure investments are currently run by Australian managers at 31 Decemeber 2012, according to Rainmaker. Rainmaker research also shows that the average gross return from listed infrastructure ...

Strong growth from Australian fund managers

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... Australian fund managers have once again grown strongly, according to research from Towers Watson. There are now 23 Australian managers in the Pensions & Investments/Towers Watson World 500, five more than last year. These managers have an aggregate ...

Aussie shares to rally within a year: Russell

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... biggest impact on equity markets there. Chinese growth and a weakened Australian dollar where also cited by Australian managers as factors that would improve the domestic market. Lower interest rates, stronger domestic demand and an improvement in US ...

Who you know overshadows rules: Freehills view on Asia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... supervision at the Securities Commission, the Malaysia financial regulator. "I'm struggling to think of any Australian managers operating in Malaysia, which is surprising given the similarities between Australian and Malaysian regulation," she said. ...

BlackRock earns double honours at hedge fund awards

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... Income Fund, for best fixed income & credit fund; The Evergreen Retirement Trust, for best investor supporting Australian managers; Ramius LLC, best offshore manager operating in Australia and Huon Capital, for best emerging manager.

Aust investment managers climb global ranks

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
... Research by Towers Watson and Pension & Investments has revealed that in US dollar terms, total assets of the Australian managers who are represented in the top 500 grew by 49% from US$568 billion to US$847 billion. While the total AUM for the 500 managers ...

Equity based strategies hedge fund winners

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... Contribution to the Australian Hedge Fund Industry award, while Ascalon was recognised as Best Investor Supporting Australian Managers. "The outstanding performance of funds and people celebrated tonight reinforces the prudent role Australian hedge funds ...

Funds ignoring foreign exchange risk

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... cases featuring pension funds suing custodians over foreign currency transactions taking place in the US, Australian managers may take note. Rieck suggested that funds should move away from the 'end of the month trading' practice, as the high correlation ...