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mFund to expand product offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
ASIC is in the final stages of making a greater range of managed investment products available via the mFund Settlement Service. Until now retail investors could only apply for and redeem interests in simple managed investment schemes with a shorter ...

Software provider signs four Aussie hedge funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
An international cloud-based software provider will expand into Australia via four newly-signed hedge fund clients. Driven by the demand for affordable, institutional quality integrated OMS and PMS software, Singapore-based AlphaDesk began actively ...

Contango hires senior analyst from Wilsons

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... worked with Boubouras in the past at UBS. He was also head of trading at Frontera Investment Partners, vice president hedge fund sales at J.P. Morgan and head of equity dealing at HSBC Asset Management.

Zenith rates CFM diversified alternative beta fund

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... which is supported by a high-quality team, with a long history in developing and managing quantitative alternative hedge fund strategies.'"

Hedge funds lack confidence in data security

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
The latest report from KPMG and the Alternative Investment Management Association shows 60% of hedge fund managers lack confidence in the ability of government bodies to safeguard fund data and information once it leaves their firm. The report - compiling ...

Regal FM appoints CEO from Challenger

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... national financial services manager. His appointment as chief executive follows Regal being named Australia's best hedge fund of 2016 at the Hedge Funds Rock and Australian Hedge Fund Awards. One of the awards' founders, Kim Ivey, said: "Regal was a ...

Aussie super funds building world-class investment teams

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
Australian superannuation funds, on average, have the lowest number of in-house portfolio managers when compared across several global pension systems. Aussie super funds are reported to have an average of 18 in-house portfolio members, well below the ...

European hedge fund business sold to Aussie administrator

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
A hedge fund administration business based in Malta is being acquired by an Australian administrator looking to continue its growth strategy and expanding global footprint. ASX-listed MainstreamBPO is purchasing the European arm of Alter Domus' hedge ...

Hedge fund growth under pressure: EY

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
A new EY report shows hedge fund managers believe asset growth is their top priority in an attempt to counter reduced inflows. The 2016 Global Hedge Fund and Investor Survey also found that hedge fund growth has slowed for a variety of reasons including ...

Former Ascalon head joins boutique firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
... Hong Kong-based executive roles with Deutsche Bank and Lehman Brothers and was a co-founder and chief executive of hedge fund DragonBack Capital. Blue Quay, formerly known as Pepper Investment Management, was established in 2012 with the objective of ...