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Regulation compounds hedge fund woes

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... according to an annual survey by Ernst & Young. The 2012 survey, Finding Common Ground, compiled by consulting firm Greenwich Associates for Ernst & Young, compares opinions from 100 hedge fund managers who manage over US$710 billion and 50 institutional ...

CFSGAM appoints senior analyst

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
... analyst covering mining, media and gaming. Additionally, Ansted has received the number one sell side rating from both Greenwich and BRW. "He is well known to the team and to the broader CFSGAM business. Ansted is highly regarded within the industry ...

Asian instos question external managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
... many appear to have lost faith in their relatively small lists of external asset managers, according to new research by Greenwich Associates. In terms of raw size, Asia's institutional asset base is huge: at more than US$5 trillion, Asian assets actually ...

Hedge funds lag index returns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... returned 3.5 per cent in April while the S&P 500 posted 9.6 per cent and MSCI World Index returned almost 11 per cent. The Greenwich Global Long/Short index fared better during the month with a 5.7 per cent return and the Global Market Neutral index ...

US firm launches hedge fund rep ETF

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
... or pay exorbitant hedge fund fees is an important advance for investors," he said. The latest VanMac report found the Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index (GGHFI) returned 0.42 per cent in January while the S&P 500 Total Return index, MSCI World Equity ...

Return of the hedge funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... S&P 500 Total Return and MSCI World Equity indices lost more than eight per cent. According to a VanMac report, the Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index (GGHFI) returned 0.42 per cent in January while the S&P 500 Total Return index, MSCI World Equity and ...

HFs continue to outperform

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
Hedge funds are outperforming global indices despite making heavy losses during the last month. The Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index lost 4.85 per cent during September against the S&P 500 Total Return and MSCI World Equity indices which lost 8.91 ...

US pension funds review securities lending

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... number suffered liquidity issues during the worst of the credit crisis last year. This year financial services firm Greenwich Associates surveyed more than 140 large corporate pension funds, public pension funds, endowments and foundations in the US ...

Short selling shouldn't be sold short

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
The overreaction against short selling and securities lending need to calm down, said Greenwich Alternative Investments. "Short selling provides liquidity and allows you to make calls in both directions," said Ryan Pearson, Greenwich senior vice president ...

Absolute returns not high risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
Super funds increasing their allocations to hedge funds and absolute strategies are not increasing their risk weightings because such strategies are really aimed at adding greater diversification. Scott MacDonald, managing director of VanMac Global ...