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Vale William Mahoney

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... William Mahoney, who helped build Connecticut- based Bridgewater Associates into one of the world's most successful hedge funds, passed away on Tuesday, April 30 at the age of 55. Charles Ruffel, former equity partner and early fundraiser for Bridgewater ...

Aurora targets retail investors with liquid hedge fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... US-based hedge fund boutique said that difficult market conditions had led many investors who wouldn't otherwise consider hedge funds, to increase their allocations. Though traditionally viewed with suspicion, particularly in Australia where bonds and ...

Hedge fund fees under pressure

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
Hedge funds globally have been forced to lower their fees as returns have failed to meet investors' expectations, says PIMCO executive vice president Ryan Korinke. Hedge fund fees tend to be the most expensive of all active managed options available ...

Hedge fund inflows set to double

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... due to fund managers not delivering the returns they promised. Korinke did say that double-digit returns that made hedge funds popular in the past will no longer be the norm. "Investors have traditionally expected double digit returns from thier hedge ...

Select hedge fund partners Neuberger Berman

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... committee. "David is well known in the industry, having been conferred a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Australian Hedge Funds Awards for his contribution to the hedge funds industry," he said.

Pricing of unlisted assets call for new model: Northfield

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... approach and said that it analyses the risk of "unusual" assets within the property, infrastructure, private equity or hedge funds sector and then presents the data in risk management tools familiar to investors in marketable securities. While pricing ...

Local appetite for hedge funds outstrips other markets

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
Australian institutional investors are showing more appetite for hedge funds than their peers in the US, Europe and Japan, according to a leading hedge fund manager. Joe Scoby, chief investment officer and chief executive of PEAK6 Advisors, a Chicago-based ...

ASIC extends shorter PDS regime relief

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... has extended interim class order relief from the shorter PDS regime for multi-funds, superannuation platforms and hedge funds. Originally due to expire on 22 June 2013, the Class Order [CO 12/1592] extends the relief in Class Order [CO 12/749] Relief ...

Ex-Ascalon boss starts at BlackRock

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... more than 20% comes from the Asia Pacific region, the company said. Globally, BlackRock Alternative Investors offers hedge funds, fund of hedge funds and advisory, private equity, real estate, infrastructure.

Regulation compounds hedge fund woes

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
The overwhelming majority of investors believe increased regulation for hedge funds don't protect investor interests and won't prevent the next financial crisis, according to an annual survey by Ernst & Young. The 2012 survey, Finding Common Ground ...