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Regulators tighten grip on hedge funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... Aussie fund managers and investors in Europe. In July, the Australian arm of the Alternative Investment Management Association waved the red flag at the EC's proposal that fund managers and investors based outside Europe will require passports to trade ...

Industry awards top hedge funds in 2009

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... Hartley, the fund's chief investment officer, accepted the award. Hosted by the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the winners were judged based on their absolute returns over varying time periods, Sortino ratios and rates of performance ...

AIST measures investment choice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
An industry association has questioned why super funds provide a range of investments options after a survey found less than 6.5 per cent of members switched funds in the past three years. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) survey ...

CalPERS endorses best practice in PE

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... Employees' Retirement System said it strongly endorsed new principles proposed by the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA). The principles promote stronger alignment of interests between limited and general partners in private equity partnerships ...

FPA meets with Capstone on remuneration

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
Jo-Anne Bloch, chief executive at the Financial Planning Association (FPA), has met with Capstone Financial Planning to discuss potential changes ahead to planner remuneration models. Bloch's presentation in Melbourne was designed to provide the network's ...

IOSCO to impose new rule on FoHFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... fund expert. Following a consultation process that involved a number of associations including South African-based Association of Savings & Investment SA and UK-based Thames River Capital L.L.P the report was amended to deal with a number of lingering ...

Statewide appoints new chief

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
... - and product and service development for members. Outside of Super SA he is also a director of the Fund Executive Association Ltd, and a member of the AIST Special Projects Committee. O'Flaherty's expertise also encompasses economics and politics, having ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
... Exchange, the September share price index contract was 42 points higher at 4607. In economic news, the Housing Industry Association State and National Outlook for the June quarter comes out. In equities, The Warehouse Group Ltd releases its annual results. ...

FTSE and ASFA set after-tax world alight

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
Index provider FTSE and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) have created a series of indices that will, for the first time, compare fund manager performance on an after-tax basis, following calls from super fund trustees that ...

Promnitz joins IFSA board

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
... executive at Mercer (Australia) and region head of Asia Pacific Mercer, has joined the Investment & Financial Services Association (IFSA) as a director. He replaces Jeremy Duffield, who resigned from the association's board to take on a role as managing ...