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Instreet launches risk service for advisers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... conjunction with global firm, Risk101, who specialises in valuation and risk management systems for fund managers, hedge funds, banks, prime brokers and administrators. Instreet managing director, George Lucas, said the service will allow advisers to ...

Volcker Rule could slash Wall Street incomes 25%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... that pits the client against the market maker. Second, prevent banks and financial institution owning or investing in hedge funds or private equity funds. Third, limit the liabilities that the largest banks can hold and thereby reduce the future impact ...

Sunsuper appoints new consultant as model shifts

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... portfolio construction, boutique manager research and investment operations. Sunsuper also works with AXIA Consulting on hedge funds, while Ibbotson has been chosen for its dynamic asset allocation services. "We've got our longer-term strategies but ...

Aust equities drive default growth

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... and super fund returns over the past 17 years. It also found that funds with higher exposure to alternatives like hedge funds and infrastructure achieved marginally better returns.

Insto investors stand by equity risk models

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... construction. Furthermore, 78% believed that the 'quant meltdown' of 2007, which saw investors flee from quantitative hedge funds as the global financial crisis took hold, was not caused by investors using the same model. "It's not just the risk numbers ...

Equity based strategies hedge fund winners

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... Managers. "The outstanding performance of funds and people celebrated tonight reinforces the prudent role Australian hedge funds make for all investors, local and offshore, seeking additional sources of diversified returns," said AIMA Australia President ...

Super funds push for better hedge fund governance

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... into the asset class. ARIA, Local Government (NSW) Super, Media Super and Sunsuper, all of which invest large sums in hedge funds and have total funds of more than $47 billion combined, are behind the initiative. They are members of the Investor Advisory ...

ASIC opens dialogue with hedge funds

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... delegates at the forum that the GFC had focused international and domestic attention on the activities and regulation of hedge funds. "While it remains unclear what role hedge funds did play, the Crisis was not a 'hedge fund crisis' and they may well ...

Insto fears over high frequency trading set to grow

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... institutions. "In times gone by the standard points of leakage were talking to your standard sales trader, other clients, hedge funds or proprietary traders finding out about information," said Sam Macqueen, director, Liquidnet Australia. "High frequency ...

Perpetual outsources central data hub

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... business processes and information flows." Other Cadis client platforms users include banks, regulators, asset managers, hedge funds, insurance companies and pension funds. This comes just four weeks after Perpetual closed its in-house manufacturing ...