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Hedge fund standards board expands APAC team

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... investment officer Danny Yong join the global standard-setting body following a year of membership growth from Asia-Pacific hedge funds. They will work alongside representatives from international institutional investors including the Future Fund, Albourne ...

mFund to expand product offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... consultation with mFund issuers and brokers indicated general support for the move. The expanded products, including certain hedge funds, comply with the criteria of the ASX Operating and Settlement Rules. The key aspects of the class order include exempting ...

Software provider signs four Aussie hedge funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
... chief operating officer Kevin Galliers said: "Australia's superannuation funds are among the largest allocators to hedge funds anywhere in the world. Thanks, in part, to the completion of the Investment Manager Regime, hedge funds managed out of Australia ...

Hedge funds lack confidence in data security

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
The latest report from KPMG and the Alternative Investment Management Association shows 60% of hedge fund managers lack confidence in the ability of government bodies to safeguard fund data and information once it leaves their firm. The report - compiling ...

Regal FM appoints CEO from Challenger

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... services manager. His appointment as chief executive follows Regal being named Australia's best hedge fund of 2016 at the Hedge Funds Rock and Australian Hedge Fund Awards. One of the awards' founders, Kim Ivey, said: "Regal was a natural choice for ...

Aussie super funds building world-class investment teams

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... environment. This includes turning to alternative asset classes - such as private equity, real estate, infrastructure and hedge funds - as opposed to the traditional allocation towards bonds and equities in order to secure returns. The report also states ...

European hedge fund business sold to Aussie administrator

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... services provided out of Malta, including net asset value calculations and fund accounting, to European domiciled hedge funds. MainstreamBPO said the associated annualised revenue of up to $1 million will be recurring from monthly service fees which ...

Hedge fund growth under pressure: EY

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
... left behind." About half (48%) of investors surveyed expect their hedge fund investments to shift, from traditional hedge funds to other alternatives, over the next three to five years. And 42% expect to shift from co-mingled hedge funds to customised ...

RF Capital appoints senior Perpetual exec

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... alternatives asset management firm servicing institutions, family offices and retail investors. Assets covered include hedge funds, real estate, private equity and debt. It is a family investment office in itself - owned by Andrew Roberts, son of John ...

Australia is the APAC hedge fund capital: Preqin

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
Australia is the "leading centre for hedge funds" in the Asia-Pacific region, with $99 billion in assets under management, according to Preqin research. The new Preqin Insight: Alternative Assets in Australia report found that there are now 107 active ...