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VIP hedge funds open doors

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
Investors in Australia are set to gain access to some of the world's most exclusive hedge funds, without having to stump up millions of dollars for the privilege. The Alpha Titans Fund offers investors' exposure to 12 hedge funds, at least three of ...

US insider trading probe rocks hedge fund community

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... Australia. Over the past 48 hours, as part of a wide-ranging insider trading probe, the FBI has raided a number of hedge funds across the country. The first wave of investigations centered around low profile funds based in Stamford, Connecticut and Boston ...

Fear and thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
... that the financial markets have not seen coming as their attention were diverted to Chireland. And it seemed like the hedge funds the FBI raided also didn't see it coming. Reports say that the FBI raided the offices of Level Global Investors, Diamondback ...

New rules for investment advisers: SEC

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. This includes the registration of advisers to hedge funds and other private funds with the SEC, enforcing the Dodd-Frank Act's mandate to require reporting by certain advisers ...

Qantas eyes alternatives, cools on equities

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
Qantas Super has reduced its exposure to international and local equities in favour of hedge funds, unlisted infrastructure and return seeking credit following an asset allocation update. The $5 billion super fund has made a 5 per cent boost to its ...

ETFs distort stock fundamentals

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... to the market being driven more by macro sentiment than fundamentals," they said in their recent white paper titled Hedge Funds Struggle with the New Market Order. Hennessee said low quality stocks are consistently outperforming the high quality ones ...

AvSuper awards hedge fund mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... while another $25 million will be poured into the Aurora Offshore II Fund - a multi manager, multi strategy fund of hedge funds. The two new managers are replacements for the fund's previous investments in London-based Duet Alternative Investments and ...

Rising tide lifts hedge funds in September

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
Despite failing to match the performance of benchmark indices in September, Australian and international hedge funds are out in front, year to date, and on a rolling 12-month basis, new figures show. According to the Australian Fund Monitors Hedge Fund ...

Assets that thrive under pressure

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
Fixed interest, hedge funds and indexed investments were the top three asset classes based on growth in funds under management (FUM), according to Rainmaker research. Figures show that these three asset classes grew their FUM between June 2007 and June ...

More US investment banks close prop desks

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... "Volcker Rule", which prohibits investment banks from engaging in proprietary trading and owning private equity or hedge funds.