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Managed investment scheme operator AFSL canned

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... necessary to wind up Australian Pink Diamond Fund, Grange Capital Management Growth Plus Fund and Accelerated Trend Hedge Fund. This licence cancellation also included the Trident Global Growth Fund. The cancellation comes after ASIC banned Australian ...

Small caps boutique shuts doors

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... manager Gary Rollo. At the time, Spenceley said the firm would initially focus on a small caps fund with a "more of a hedge fund product" in the future. Mhor launched a small caps fund and it returned over 24% p.a. net of fees since inception to May ...

SG Hiscock hires from Macquarie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
SG Hiscock & Company has appointed a new investment specialist who will be responsible for fund distribution across New South Wales and Queensland and a new business development executive - both from Macquarie Group. Matthew Potter steps into the investment ...

Chief economist update: Australia needs a cheaper A$

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... in point. The A$ absorbed some of the negative shocks from the Asian currency crisis - followed by the collapse of hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) and Russian debt default in the late 1990s when it dropped from more than US$0.80 to below ...

Fund manager insto lead exits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
The head of institutional at a $5 billion hedge fund manager has departed. Ellerston Capital has confirmed the departure of head of institutional sales and client relations Melinda Carter. Carter served in the role for just over 12 months, having joined ...

YouTube fundie woes continue

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... month, star UK fund manager Neil Woodford took to YouTube to apologise to investors whose investments was locked in the hedge fund due to liquidity issues. Link Fund Solutions was the fund manager of the Woodford Equity Income Fund, outsourcing investment ...

Frat house ponzi scheme charged

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... family members, SEC said. He offered investors bond agreements with a fixed rate of return plus principal back or in a hedge fund named Artis Proficio Capital claiming it had returned 56% in the previous year, for which investor funds were guaranteed ...

Downgrade follows fund manager YouTube apology

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
Morningstar has downgraded a hedge fund facing liquidity issues. The move follows a sombre apology to investors from the fund manager delivered via YouTube. Neil Woodford issued a YouTube apology to investors whose money is currently frozen in Woodford ...

Advisers wary of unlisted assets: Sunsuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
Many financial advisers believe unlisted assets lack transparency and are illiquid, growth investments. At the Sunsuper Adviser Roadshow in Sydney yesterday, an audience of advisers was informally polled on their thoughts about alternative, unlisted ...

VGI Partners' dual pitch to investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
The Sydney hedge fund manager is raising $300 million for an existing listed investment company and $75 million to list its wider business. VGI Partners Global Investments Limited (ASX: VG1) completed a $98 million placement to sophisticated investors ...