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Hedge fund goes retail with performance-only fee structure

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
A previously exclusive absolute return fund has opened to retail investors, with a fee structure based solely on performance. Harvest Lane Asset Management's fund has returned 11.67% per annum after fees since July 1, 2013. While it isn't benchmarked ...

RF Capital appoints senior Perpetual exec

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
RF Capital has appointed a global head of client, product and marketing. Prior to his new role, Dean Winterton was general manager distribution at Perpetual Investments - a position recently taken over by Matt Thompson, who originally joined Perpetual ...

Australia is the APAC hedge fund capital: Preqin

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
... The new Preqin Insight: Alternative Assets in Australia report found that there are now 107 active Australia-based hedge fund managers, and that they achieved a 9.53% outperformance in 2015 - far ahead of the -0.73% achieved by the S&P 500 during the ...

Machine learning to revolutionise investing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
Financial advisers are increasingly recognising the benefits of machine learning for investors, according to Man AHL. Encouraged by the rise of big data and evolving technologies, Man says the artificial intelligence solution is developing into a powerful ...

Hedge fund award winner appoints senior investment analyst

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... Justin Hay joins BLSEM, which recently won Best Market Neutral Fund at the annual Hedge Funds Rock & the Australian Hedge Fund Awards, from Optimal Fund Management Australia, where he was also a senior investment analyst. Prior to that, he was an executive ...

Regal named best Australian hedge fund

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
Regal Funds Management has been crowned Australia's best hedge fund for 2016 at an industry awards ceremony in Sydney last night. Gathering the hedge fund sector's best and brightest, the Hedge Funds Rock and Australian Hedge Fund Awards - now in its ...

MainstreamBPO makes hire for European expansion

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... Asia and recent expansion into the United States. "Europe and the UK are crucial for our ambition of attracting new hedge fund clients, while many of our existing clients in Asia and Australia are increasingly active in the region. With an administration ...

Investors hard up for alternatives opportunities

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
Fund terms set by alternatives managers are turning away institutional investors, according to Preqin research. Preqin's survey of 490 institutional investors suggests that "at least" 80% of respondents had previously decided not to invest in an alternatives ...

Alpha-beta split allows better asset allocation

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... alternative. McHugh said the alpha portfolio is also where it places dynamic asset allocation process, particularly to hedge fund and real return managers. "It's important to shine a light on this part of the portfolio. It makes the investment team accountable ...

Netwealth enters fintech partnership

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
Australia's largest non-institutional platform, Netwealth, has entered an exclusive platform arrangement with a global fintech firm. Through the arrangement TipRanks will provide research on all major shares listed on US markets, to assist advisers ...