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Hedge funds fall out of favour with instos: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... heightened interest in their products. About a third of the 60 institutional investors canvassed in EY's Global Hedge Fund Survey plan to increase allocations to private equity. Many are also confident investors will not decrease their exposure to ...

Hedge fund industry body promotes Aussie talent

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... long-short and long-only investment teams across the company. Rew has led New York-based XL Investment Partners' global hedge fund program. He has a PhD in econometrics, and an Msc in finance. He is moving into the role as AIMA's Australian chair ...

Hedge fund sector flourishing: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
Global hedge fund managers are increasingly setting up shop in offshore tax havens as demand for alternative investment strategies continues to soar, latest IOSCO research shows. The International Organization of Securities Commissions' (IOSCO) biannual ...

Watermark hires global equities lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... Sydney-based long-short investment manager as head of international equities. He was most recently an analyst at global hedge fund Balyasny Asset Management and prior to that, held senior roles at alternative asset manager, Amiya Capital, and private ...

Australian hedge fund tops global ranking

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... in 2016 based on a core long/short strategy in equities, credit and commodities, according to the 2017 Preqin Global Hedge Fund report. The fund invests in hard rock and soft commodities, and energy, as well as the service providers and infrastructure ...

Hedge fund growth under pressure: EY

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
... fund managers believe asset growth is their top priority in an attempt to counter reduced inflows. The 2016 Global Hedge Fund and Investor Survey also found that hedge fund growth has slowed for a variety of reasons including the abundance of low fee ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
Brexit concerns push hedge funds to A$4tr Global hedge fund capital increased to A$4 trillion in the second quarter of this year, according to Hedge Funds Research. The surge, sparked by Brexit concerns, was the third highest hedge fund FUM tally on ...

MainstreamBPO heads to NY

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... for us given the US hedge fund market is the largest market in the world and accounts for more than half of global hedge fund assets. We anticipate we will be in the top 20 ranking of fund administrators in North America based on the funds we currently ...

Hedge funds under cost pressure from brokers

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... in changing economics for fund managers who finance trades through prime brokers, EY said. The company's 2015 Global Hedge Fund and Investor Survey found 29% of respondents said their prime brokers increased fees in the past year, and an additional 22% ...

Towers Watson boosts hedge fund research team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
Towers Watson has appointed three people to its global hedge fund research division, including a senior investment consultant in Sydney. Aongus O'Gorman joins Towers Watson's team in Sydney from boutique consultancy Round Tower Solutions, where he was ...