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Sub-prime contamination causes market carnage

SUZY MAC | THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2007

... fund with roughly A$1 billion in mortgage investments was facing losses. Rumours followed that a significantly larger hedge fund was also "going down". Macquarie Bank, known locally as the millionaire's factory for the generosity of its staff bonuses ...

Sunsuper awards $580m mandate to US endowment fund

Sunsuper has appointed Makena Capital Management, a US-based pioneer in private endowment investing, to manage $580 million (US$500 million) of its portfolio. Under the agreement, Sunsuper and Makena Capital will work collaboratively on investment strategy ...

Private equity, hedge funds at risk

CHRIS NICHOLLS | TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2007

... profits and job losses. They see themselves paying full income tax and the billionaires of private equity and some hedge fund managers paying 10 per cent or 15 per cent tax. And they have a point!" Grantham said that just as real estate developers have ...

Water investments the next frontier

... growing at a rate of between 8 per cent to 12 per cent, according to a new study. The report was conducted by listed hedge fund manager Man Investments, who said that the water sector offers new alpha-generating opportunities due to the dearth of fund ...

Alternatives rewrite custody

The alternative investments frenzy that has swept the local market in the last two years has prompted Australia's largest custodians to go back to the drawing board and set up units specialising in reporting the exotic and not-so-exotic investment asset ...

From rooster to feather duster

SUZY MAC | MONDAY, 30 JUL 2007

What a difference a week can make. A little more than a week after the Dow Jones average hit a record high, on Thursday the share market began a backward landslide. Global equity markets took another hit on Friday night on the back of the US sub-prime ...

Absolute Capital suspends redemptions

WWW.THESHEET.COM | THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007

Hedge fund manager Absolute Capital posted a notice on its website yesterday saying that it had "closed" its flagship fund, the $200 million Absolute Capital Yield Strategies Fund. The Yield Strategies Fund is an investor in the structured credit market ...

Absolute differences among hedge funds

WWW.THESHEET.COM | FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007

The hedge fund industry was working hard yesterday to distance itself from Basis Capital, which notified investors late on Wednesday that it was in default on margins loans and faced a forced sale of assets that may result in a return of less than 50 ...

Hiking partners: Aussie dollar and Kiwi inflation

SUZY MAC | THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007

Ever onwards and upwards, the Australian dollar nudges US88Ac, and New Zealand's inflation is stubbornly refusing to come down. The Australian dollar climbed steadily for a ninth consecutive day to reach an 18-year record of US0.8789 overnight. Falls ...

Basis Capital suspends yield fund

WWW.THESHEET.COM | TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2007

Local hedge fund manager Basis Capital yesterday suspended redemptions from its $1 billion Basis Yield Fund. The fund manager wrote to investors saying that disruption to the global structured credit market had created difficulties for the fund and ...

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Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA

Treasury has responded to the Guy Debelle-led review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), agreeing to all six recommendations.

Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year.

MaxCap hires from Vanguard, AustralianSuper

MATTHEW WAI

MaxCap has welcomed two senior directors, including a portfolio manager from Australia's largest super fund, reporting to the recently named chief executive Kylie Robb.

Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay

MATTHEW WAI

Granite Bay Private Wealth has selected Zenith Investment Partners to support their investment governance and due diligence.

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