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Industry names team up for cryptocurrency fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
An Australian hedge fund veteran and former ANZ executive have partnered to launch a new active cryptocurrency fund. The EKT Active Fund has been launched by Triple A Partners' Damien Hatfield and former ANZ head of global markets Steve Bellotti. The ...

Australian hedge fund manager eyes bigger slice of NZ telco pie

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
An Australian hedge fund manager has received court approval to acquire more than 10% of New Zealand's largest telecommunications company. L1 Capital, in respect of certain funds, has been granted approved by the New Zealand Crown to acquire a relevant ...

RNY unitholders left unpaid after Aurora scandal

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... significantly undervalues the company and is "hostile and highly conditional"; the Aurora fund taking over Molopo is a "complex hedge fund" not listed on any securities exchange; and accepting the offer would prevent shareholders from accepting another ...

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 ...

Financial services firms eye machine learning

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
Machine learning is transforming the way financial services operates, as a growing number of Australian firms are adopting it to make sense of big data and to improve productivity. According to Bloomberg, more than half (55%) of Australian financial ...

Legg Mason hires national BDM

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... wholesale sales. Prior to joining UBS, he was an equity and derivative sales manager with Shaw Stockbroking, and worked in hedge fund and derivative sales at Phillip Capital. Muston will be responsible for strengthening key partnerships in the retail ...

Regal farewells co-founder in board makeover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... inception in 2004. "I'd like to acknowledge the significant role Andrew has played in building Australia's leading equity hedge fund manager over the past 13 years. While we are sad to see Andrew step down from the board, I'm excited by the calibre of ...

Government names new ASIC chair

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... supervision and licensing division at the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, and headed up Goldman Sachs' Asian hedge fund consultancy business. He has also held roles at Eurekahedge Advisers, Desdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Linklaters and Blake ...

Women underrepresented in funds management: research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017
... rise above the 11% commonly seen at venture capital firms. Private equity has the lowest rate at 9%. Preqin head of hedge fund products Amy Bensted said: "It is notable that women are best represented in client-facing or finance roles, while the deal ...