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Investment manager criminally charged

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... and OTC ('over the counter') derivatives. SGSA's clients are wholesale clients, including financial institutions, hedge funds, asset managers, and various corporate clients. The Corporations Act said that an AFS licence holder must ensure client money ...

Alternatives to lead the way: J.P. Morgan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... Khazzam said in a world where public markets could continue to be volatile, investors will want asset classes, like hedge funds, that can benefit from the dispersion that comes with that volatility. "Alternatives provide a place for investors to ride ...

Preqin opens Australian office

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... deals and exits) for six main alternative asset classes: private equity, real estate, infrastructure, private debt, hedge funds, natural resources. It already has about 100 clients in Australia. Most recognisably, it tracks the activity in Australia's ...

Aussie investment gurus delve into alternatives

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... investors intend to add to their private credit exposure over the next 18 months, with investors feeling optimistic about hedge funds. Of those surveyed, 40% said they would be maintaining their holdings in hedge funds, while 30% said they would be increasing ...

Fraudster dyed hair, grew beard to evade regulator

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... people found out the company would be "destroyed", the SEC complaint says. The SEC alleges Manor claimed to have 20 hedge funds testing technology to record transactions on a distributed ledger or blockchain. In reality, the SEC found he had sent the ...

Powerwrap finds new line of business

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
... administration for about $2 billion to $4 billion in assets. As a part of the agreement, Powerwrap will also bring 50 US hedge funds to Australian advisers, as it looks to expand its investment menu for alternatives. The new hedge fund additions are ...

Credit Suisse backs sustainability amid Federer furore

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... screened active and passive (ETF) solutions available, and these will continue to grow. However, in asset classes such as hedge funds and private equity, the choice is still limited." Although investors can adapt their portfolios to exclude non-ESG compliant ...

Industry fund publicly shames investment adviser

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
... overtime and meal breaks. Yahoo! Finance analysis of the stock showed that at this time last year approximately 44 US hedge funds were long XPO - now that number is down to just 23. Orbis' roughly 23% holding in XPO is estimated at being worth over ...

FS Roundtable: Striking the perfect balance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
... stretch a "mile wide", Martel says. In the US for example, alternatives are disaggregating from being known as 'hedge funds,' and its definition is broadening to include private equity and infrastructure assets, he explains. Credit Suisse executive ...

Plato hires from Macquarie quant team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... quantitative analyst. He has over 15 years' experience in investment management, joining Plato from Macquarie Quant Hedge Funds where he was a quantitative analyst for over six years. Plato head of long/short strategies David Allen said: "In the information ...