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Regal named best Australian hedge fund

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... ceremony in Sydney last night. Gathering the hedge fund sector's best and brightest, the Hedge Funds Rock and Australian Hedge Fund Awards - now in its fifteenth year - celebrate the achievements of exceptional managers while at the same time raising ...

Local hedge funds fighting for insto attention

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
... super funds' preference to look offshore for alternatives exposure, according to Hedge Funds Rock and The Australian Hedge Fund Awards co-founder Kim Ivey. Ahead of the awards night in September, Ivey said this is a "perennial" challenge for Australian ...

Hedge funds battle identity crisis

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... principal and Australian head Jeff Dunn says, partly forced by regulation in the aftermath of the GFC, the Australian hedge fund industry has been working on transparency for some time. Even regulator ASIC, in its 2015 snapshot of the hedge funds sector ...

Regal FM appoints Macquarie vet

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... entity in April 2015 following Ascalon Capital Managers exiting its responsible entity business. Regal won Australian hedge fund manager, best long short fund and best market neutral fund at the Australian Hedge Fund Awards in 2014.

Ellerston named hedge fund of the year

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
The Ellerston Australian Market Neutral Fund has taken home the 2015 Australian Hedge Fund of the Year award. Hedge funds of all styles and sizes were recognised at the Hedge Funds Rock event in Sydney's glitzy Ivy Ballroom. Ellerston also collected ...

Australian hedge funds on course to reach $100bn

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
Treasury reforms, financial innovation and growing demand is driving interest in Australia's hedge fund industry, according to the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global hedge fund industry association. Currently managing $96.9 ...

Hedge fund returns down 10% in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
Top hedge funds in Australia averaged 15.6% returns in 2014, but the overall sector delivered 10% less than the previous year. This is according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) 2014 hedge funds survey, which examined 27 ...

Regal named Australian hedge fund of the year

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... Funds Rock, an event that also raises funds for children's cancer charity Cure Our Kids. Regal took home the Australian hedge fund of the year for its Regal Atlantic Absolute Return Fund, beating out last year's winner Laminar Funds. The fund is described ...

Australian Hedge Fund Awards finalists named

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
The nominees for the Australian Hedge Fund Awards 2014 have been announced. The winners will be revealed on Thursday 18 September at The Westin Hotel in Sydney, with an after party featuring live music at The Vault Hotel on Pitt Street. In the Australian ...

Laminar awarded hedge fund of the year

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013
Laminar Funds took home the Australian hedge fund of the year award for its Laminar Credit Opportunities Fund at a ceremony at The Star in Sydney yesterday. The fixed interest fund invests in a range of corporate bonds, bank debt, credit derivatives ...