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Overseas investors drive hedge funds: Report

A new report into the hedge fund industry by specialist consultant John Glass and Rainmaker has found while the local hedge fund market is $22 billion, it's becoming a big exporter with one quarter of the money being managed for overseas investors. ...

SELECT tops hedge fund ratings

HAMISH MADDEN | WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006

Two of Select Asset Management's (SELECT) alternative investment funds have topped Standard & Poor's (S&P) hedge fund rankings with both receiving five star ratings. The Select Gottex Market Neutral Fund and a two times leveraged version of the fund ...

Not-for-profits winning but master trusts catching up

ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006

Default investment options of not-for-profit funds as a group continue to outperform master trust default options but the gap has narrowed by two-thirds in just the last three years. According to research just released by Rainmaker, in 2003-04 the gap ...

FUM climbs to $1.3 trillion trumping national debt

ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006

Even though growth in Australian sourced funds under management (FUM) has slowed, it still reached $1.3 trillion at end September, enough to pay off our national debt and still leave us with plenty of spare change for Christmas. According to Rainmaker's ...

Active extension moves into Australia

ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2006

... advantage of active extension is that pension funds can move into high alpha strategies without having to jump into hedge fund plays that are not always understood by trustees. "Active extension's more familiar approach gives traditional managers [and ...

Flying high with Pegasus

... investment options offered by Tricom Managed Funds, a boutique investment firm that specialises in 'absolute returns' and hedge fund strategies. Michelle Baltazar

The manager matters in private equity: Unigestion

HAMISH MADDEN | FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006

... firm that focuses exclusively on the management of innovative highly active strategies including private equity and hedge fund of funds and specialist equity strategies, said Australian investors were in a healthy position to take advantage of many of ...

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 ...

Innovation is king: Russell

... just like traditional fund managers who can short and charge high fees. That may be true for some but a really good hedge fund manager gives investors access to markets that they may never have had the chance to invest in before." He said many traditional ...

SimCorp expands local office

ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2006

SimCorp Asia has expanded its Sydney headquarters by four, bringing the Australian headcount to 23. The four new hires will be running the implementation and support functions and will report to SimCorp Asia's Sydney based operations director, Dennis ...

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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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