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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 ...

Derivatives specialist opens Sydney office, appoints Australia head

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
One of the world's largest derivatives marketplaces is establishing a local presence in Sydney, appointing a head of Australia in the process. CME Group's new Sydney office will be led by Simon Raybould, who was previously a non-executive director at ...

Munro appoints new portfolio manager

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
... investment manager at Pictet Asset Management in London, where he worked for 10 years. Prior to this he held the position of hedge fund accountant at BlueBay Asset Management, also based in London. He will be based in Munro's head office in Melbourne ...

Alternatives managers celebrated at annual event

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
The Macquarie Australia Plus Fund has taken out a key accolade at the 2017 Hedge Funds Rock and Australian Alternative Investment Awards. The awards, which recognise alternative investment managers who have produced superior risk adjusted returns and ...