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Zenith adds senior investment analyst

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... the Future Fund, senior analyst roles with Lonsec in research, analysis and advice on global equities and long short hedge funds and US equity analyst for Russell Investments. Zenith also appointed Christopher Huang as data analyst for the Melbourne ...

Dissident investors could prompt REIT revival

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
... continue to trade at an NTA discount with the sector still recovering from the mauling it took during the GFC. A trio of hedge funds is now battling to liquidate the Charter Hall Office REIT Trust and other similar scenarios are expected to play out. ...

Charter Hall battling hedge funds over office REIT

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... funds could have a say in the future of Charter Hall Office REIT's $2 billion Australian portfolio if a trio of US hedge funds continues to agitate for a sale. Charter Hall Office REIT has confirmed that it will sell 100 per cent of the $1.6 billion ...

Tora improves electronic platform

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... The platform can also provide order, portfolio, fund and regulatory compliance checks. Tora Compass clients include hedge funds, mutual funds and proprietary trading desks, who will be able to view audit trails and order history through the software. ...

US inside trader hit with possible two-decade jail sentence

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... closure of the Galleon Group, found that Rajaratnam had involved "widespread and repeated insider trading at several hedge funds" said one court document, which alleged that the sources of inside information included an executive at IBM, a director at ...

Foreign shocks sparks IT scrutiny

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
Hedge funds and finance industry operators are paying up to 50 per cent more for old legacy disaster recovery management systems, a new technology provider has said. Alphaserve Technologies, a New York-based firm that provides risk management, performance ...

Future Fund climbs sovereign league tables

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... its total private equity commitments in 2010, the report said. It also had 14.6 per cent of total assets invested in hedge funds with a preference for Australasia, Asia and Europe.

Mystery surrounds sovereign fund billions

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... asset classes tabled including public equities, debt instruments, private equity, real estate, infrastructure and hedge funds, it was reported. Public equities was the most widely used class, with 85 per cent of sovereign wealth funds involved in 2011 ...

Converging techniques give investors more options

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... styles they previously would have avoided, said a visiting European fund expert. "Convergence in techniques used by hedge funds and traditional managers is giving investors more choice," said Stephane Mauppin-Higashino, head of development and product ...

FRM attracts $25m inflows

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... by Lonsec, will provide wholesale investors with access to a small collection of CTAs, with the universal access to hedge funds is more applicable to what FRM offers institutions. Currently the fund has seven managers. Keary said FRM has been in talks ...