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Phoenix won't rise from $1b fraud

The court case against Phoenix, a German hedge fund that embezzled more than $1 billion from 30,000 companies and individuals draws to a close next month, two years after the fraud was uncovered. In March 2005, the German regulator BaFin shut down the ...

Beware of hedge risk: Deloitte

Many hedge fund providers are not using best-practice guidelines such as external administrators or independent valuations of their assets, according to the latest global hedge fund industry survey by Deloitte. According to Deloitte, which surveyed ...

Macq making progress on restructure

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2007
... licenses in Singapore and also in South Africa. In the past 12 months Macquarie has started selling its equity and hedge fund products in India, Pakistan, Thailand, Malaysia, Mexico, Greece, Denmark, Belgium and Norway. In the coming year it plans to ...

Austock launches into hedge fund sales

Austock Securities has snapped up two directors from Citigroup's hedge fund sales business to start their own hedge fund sales team. Nicki Ashton and Michael Cori both worked as directors in hedge funds sales at Citigroup prior to their new role. "Nicki ...

New year, new products, new chief

Securities lending and equity financing specialist Opes Prime has re-jigged its management team, appointed a new chief executive and signalled new product launches this year. Recently appointed non-executive chairman, Peter Gillooly, said the new management ...

Everything old is new again, now: Schroders

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2007
Investors would do well to get back to the basics of investing, according to Schroders, with head of Australian equities, Martin Conlon, arguing the focus on 'new' asset classes and an obsession with headline data and forecasting has led some to forget ...

MIA predicts property slump by 2010

One of the longest property booms in Australian history will end by 2010, according to research house Managed Investment Assessments (MIA) based on its sector report polling the views of eight of the country's leading property fund managers. Colonial ...

Hedge fund crosses the Rubicon

Sick of hearing critics complain about management fees charged by hedge funds, local hedge fund of funds (FOF) provider Rubicon Asset Management has launched a hedge fund platform with no management fees attached. "The impact of high fee structures ...

Mercer awards mandate to INVESCO

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2007
Mercer Global Investments has appointed INVESCO Australia to manage a multi-strategy hedge fund mandate. The appointment signals the first investment in the INVESCO multi-strategy fund by an Australian investor. Mercer has mandated a 10 per cent allocation ...

AIMA boosts executive committee

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2007
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has appointed two new members to its executive committee. David Kent, executive chairman of Everest Babcock & Brown, and David Travers, managing director of investor services at State Street Australia ...