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ASIC finds hedge funds pose no systemic risk

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... Australian hedge fund industry today, which convenes in Sydney today for the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA)'s annual forum. Hedge funds ASIC identified account for only a small share of Australia's $2.1 trillion managed funds industry ...

Hedge fund industry calls for consistent global regulatory framework

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
Global hedge fund industry body, the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has called for greater consistency in in global regulations governing the industry in its newly published statement of policy principles. The paper builds on a ...

AIMA Hedge Fund Forum targets greater cohesion

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) will come together to promote greater cohesion within the fractured local hedge fund industry at its up-coming annual forum. The AIMA Hedge Fund Forum has been created by the industry to foster ...

Alternatives beyond reach for in-house

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... together." The actual implementation can then be handled externally, he said. The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) recently said that it would be working with local super funds on scenario analyses for moving more funds to suitable ...

AIMA helping super funds plan HF moves

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... October 2009 with both The Economist and Thompson Reuters labelling it a tough time for the industry. Kim Ivey, president of AIMA Australia, however, has said that not too much should be read into the figures and that Australian super funds are demonstrating ...

Improve risk management to target fees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
The upcoming September AIMA Australia Hedge Fund Forum will hear how cautious investors post-GFC are trying to better understand their risk profiles so they can use this knowledge to identify which active investment managers are adding the most value. ...

Hedge funds outperform: Research

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
Research commissioned by KPMG International and AIMA on the global hedge fund industry has found that funds have significantly outperformed equities, bonds and commodities over the past 17 years. The study, conducted by the Centre For Hedge Fund Research ...

Equity based strategies hedge fund winners

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... Australian hedge funds make for all investors, local and offshore, seeking additional sources of diversified returns," said AIMA Australia President Kim Ivey at last night's awards dinner. "Australian hedge fund managers continue to benefit from a growing ...

Super funds push for better hedge fund governance

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... initiative. They are members of the Investor Advisory Committee (IAC) to the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) Australia, the representative body of the hedge fund industry in Australia. The set of principles are non-enforceable but ...

ASIC opens dialogue with hedge funds

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
Greg Medcraft told the Alternative Investment Association (AIMA) Australian Hedge Fund Forum in Sydney that greater regulatory focus on the hedge fund industry is a post-GFC fact of life, but that it is part of a new dialogue. The new ASIC chairman ...