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Litigation risk to force advisers into multi-asset options: Russell

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... specialised multi-asset portfolios also invest in gold and other commodities via ETFs, as well as private equity funds, hedge funds and other more complicated alternatives. This diversified basket of assets is designed to reduce the exposure to highly ...

MLC adds three managers to new strategy

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... to its Horizon Series of portfolios and Long-Term Absolute Return Portfolio (MLC LTAR.) The strategy is a fund of hedge funds and will be managed by the firm's alternative strategies team. The new managers in the strategy include Bridgewater Associates ...

Annuities lead US advice requests

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... which ranked second and ETFs which ranked fifth. Clients looking specifically for fee-based products ranked ninth and hedge funds ranked 11th. The report also noted that annuity providers put twice as much effort into understanding their products as ...

Liquidity comes at a price: Certitude

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... excessive focus on liquidity, and being drawn in by benefits that don't exist. The introduction of 'daily priced' hedge funds into the Australian investment market, adds Mowll were designed to allay investor concerns about possible market reversals causing ...

Investment teams need more skin in game

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... managers around tracking errors and measures of risk was problematic and that traditional managers could learn more from hedge funds in terms of being nimble. "We need to get away from traditional measures we've pinned them down with. Monthly comparisons ...

BlackRock earns double honours at hedge fund awards

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... have very limited correlation to the broader equity market, and to each other. "In volatile, fear-dominated markets, hedge funds remind us of a critical investment principle - that the best way to make money is not to lose it," he said. Other winners ...

New Aus equities product for BGC

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... transactions. BGC primarily services wholesale financial and property markets. It offers approximately 220 products to banks, hedge funds, governments and investment firms. Over $200 trillion in financial transactions are conducted for customers annually ...

New hedge fund rules for post-GFC environment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
ASIC's new guidance on hedge funds will force managers to greater disclosure on where money is invested, how assets are valued, the fund's structure and the risks involved to better protect investors following recent high-profile cases of fraud. Addressing ...

Lest we forget Lehman: Omgeo

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... he noted that the landscape is changing, with clients increasingly applying pressure for operational resilience to hedge funds that previously have been reluctant to automate in the middle and back office. "Historically a sovereign wealth fund or family ...

Catch-all 'Alternative' label useless: Pengana

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... ubiquitous term wasn't a major issue, but with allocations now increasing rapidly to bundle absolute return funds, "hedge funds", private equity and infrastructure under one label is unhelpful. To include illiquid strategies with these investments makes ...