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Hedge fund fees under pressure

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... the most exciting opportunities that PIMCO is exploiting lies in taking advantage of value opportunities presented by liquidity scarcity in the market. While quantitative easing has helped to wash the market with extra capital, Korinke says that a tougher ...

Select hedge fund partners Neuberger Berman

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... Portfolio. The group said the partnership would enhance its research capability, adding that it was considering improving liquidity in the portfolio to better suit retail investors. The Select Alternatives Portfolio was launched in April 2004 as an "all-in-one" ...

Investors overlook US recovery

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... following better-than-expected data from the US. "The US is something of an untold story. Boosted by additional Fed liquidity, it's under-appreciated just how strong the economy is becoming," he said. The Boston-based investment expert is in Australia ...

Hamilton prepares counter-bid for Elders forestry scheme

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... plantations through to harvest. "We've always been set up as a vehicle to give unit holders trapped in miserable situation the liquidity they need to get out," explained Craig. "In the deal being proposed Hamilton's existing shareholders would get option ...

ETPs top $7bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... liquid sector, turning over 95% of their value. In contrast, listed absolute return funds turned over 26% of their value. Liquidity ratios for AREITs and infrastructure funds were 83% and 79% respectively.

Can't help falling in love with stocks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... Frankly Frank, I'm not so sure. It was easy for me to see where 'The Street' was headed when it was down low. With all the liquidity created by the major central banks - and 'whatever it takes' pledges, there was nowhere else for equities to go but up ...

Falling gold price a buying opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... positioned for 'the worst is over' scenarios." The ETF expert added that with global financial markets remaining awash with liquidity, global interest rates expected to remain extremely low for the foreseeable future and the Eurozone economy likely to ...

ASIC speeds up misconduct probe

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... participant supervision, Greg Yanco added that taskforces have been established to consider issues relating to dark liquidity and high-frequency trading (HFT). "The work undertaken by these taskforces, as we foreshadowed in our last report, buttressed ...

PineBridge pitches quant solution to super funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... quantitative models have been popular since the 1980s but they came under fire following the global financial crisis in which a liquidity crunch led to dramatic underperformance. However, PineBridge global head of equities Robin Thorn said the old-style ...

State Street launches investment governance tool

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
... Investment Analytics in Australia Babloo Sarin. The tools include a risk platform called truView that helps funds comply with liquidity management requirements by testing a fund's investments for various factors such as liquidity levels in the event ...