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NRMA award IXIS funds-to-funds mandate

... AU$100 million already invested with the fund, which includes eight hedge fund strategies, including hedged equities, short selling, equity strategies and relative value arbitrage.

Global hedge funds strong but still below ASX

... equities with 16.4 per cent, and value long/short equities with 15.7 per cent. The worst hedge funds sector was short selling within the long/short equities group. Market neutral strategies, as a group, achieved a respectable 14.4 per cent. Compared ...

Hedge Funds open to the retail market

... has now changed with the growth in alternative investments and advisers who more comfortable with funds who use short selling strategies. "Experienced retail investors are looking for the same kind of access to absolute returns as wholesale investors ...

van Eyk splits Australian equities review

... value in both rising and falling markets, or, seek to reduce negative returns in falling markets. They may also use 'short selling' techniques. We felt that there are now enough managers pursuing these strategies in Australia to justify a separate sector ...

Russell Investment Group goes aggressive with Australian shares fund

... shares fund, which employs five managers to implement a series of specialist high risk/high return strategies such as short selling, holding concentrated portfolios and investing in small cap stocks. Director of Russell's institutional business in Australia ...

Global hedge funds continue to deliver strong gains

... Van, and lower than in major US equity markets so far in 2003. Van generally attributed the lower volatility to short selling and other hedging strategies. But short selling was the only strategy in the Van global index to post a negative return in November ...

Global hedge funds return 1.2% in June: VAN

... including aggressive growth and value, continued to perform well, as did special situations and distressed securities. Short selling was the only strategy to post a loss, Van said. Hedge funds in emerging markets were among those to deliver the strongest ...

Global hedge funds return 2.6% in April: Van

... funds' success during the month, as hedge funds tend to invest in stocks more than in other asset classes. However short selling strategies, which were so successful during 2002 when equities were falling, recorded a loss in April as markets rallied. ...

Hedge fund performance falls 0.1% in February: VHFA

The Van Global Hedge Funds Index fell by 0.1 per cent in February as even the relative success of short selling, macro and distressed securities strategies failed to help the Index as a whole ensure a positive return. "Excluding the impact of funds ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN

Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA

Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI

The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA

MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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