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New manager raising $30m for crypto fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
A new investment manager launched by tech veterans is seeking to raise $30 million for one of Australia's first funds dedicated exclusively to cryptocurrency investments. Anti Hero Capital, whose managing partners also founded tech agency M5859, are ...

Blue Sky falls short of disclosure expectations

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... over the long term." At the time of writing, Glaucus has yet to publish a response to these latest developments. The hedge fund had originally argued that while Blue Sky claims to have achieved a 15% internal rate of return net of fees since inception ...

Global firms build hedge fund cash service

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
A hedge fund services firm with US$363 billion in assets under administration has partnered with a global treasury solutions provider to launch a cash management service. Cash Optimization has been co-developed by Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services ...

Glaucus defends Blue Sky allegations

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
Hedge fund Glaucus Research Group issued a rebuttal to Blue Sky's claim that the former's initial justification for short-selling was "materially misleading." Glaucus originally said Blue Sky "compensates for its overstated AUM by charging clients egregious ...

Blue Sky hits back at hedge fund, requests ASIC intervention

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... Alternative Investments resumed trading on the ASX and has requested ASIC investigate the accusations made by a US hedge fund - and associated short-selling - last week. Glaucus Research Group argued "Blue Sky is significantly overstating its fee earning ...

US hedge fund slams Blue Sky

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
A prominent US hedge fund is going short on Blue Sky Alternative Investments in light of what it perceives as exaggerations in the Australian manager's fee-earning assets under management. Glaucus Research Group argued while Blue Sky claims to have ...

Kim Ivey launches new boutique

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
The founder of one of Australia's first hedge funds, Kim Ivey, is launching a new boutique and building out its investment team. LSL Partners will develop alternative investment products focusing on the Asian region. Its first product, the Fury Fund ...

Fidante forms partnership with $500m firm

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
Fidante entered into a strategic partnership with and acquired a minority stake in a New York-based hedge fund firm with more than $500 million in assets under management. As part of the agreement with Latigo Partners, Fidante parent company Challenger ...

Longreach inks deal with global data provider

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
Longreach Alternatives, the retail-focused alternatives manager launched by the former head of K2 Advisors Samuel Mann, formed a new partnership with a data provider to enhance its global quantitative alpha strategies. Under the partnership, Longreach ...

SMSFs and instos driving crypto exchange growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
Growing interest from institutional and self-managed superannuation investors is behind two recent executive appointments at an Australian cryptocurrency exchange, including a former senior member of Challenger's technical team. Sydney-based exchange ...