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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 ...

Hong Kong hedge funds suffering: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
As protests continue in Hong Kong, hedge funds based in the region have seen the first negative net outflows recorded by the industry in a decade. Small to medium-sized funds, overseeing up to US$500 million in assets, have "bore the brunt" of investor ...

How much Future Fund spends in fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
... is added over broad market exposure (such as private equity) or for exposures which are truly diversifying (such as hedge funds)." "Direct cost ratio" includes all operational costs. This has come down from 0.3% three years ago to 0.2% in the year ending ...

Colchester launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
... client portfolios. Colchester's head of distribution for Australia, Angela MacPherson, said: "Relative to credit and hedge funds it can offer a liquid and simple alternative that may also have lower default risk; after all local currency emerging markets ...