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HFA to re-open flagship fund

HFA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... short selling in 2008, according to a survey by the Australian arm of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) at the time.

Regulators tighten grip on hedge funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... consequences for Australian-based managers offering alternative investment products will be significant," said Kim Ivey, chairman of AIMA Australia. The SEC and FSA talks were the fourth time the two parties met through the SEC-FSA Strategic Dialogue ...

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 ...

PM Capital readies for recovery

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
... Prior to joining the fund manager, McGowen was the founder and chief executive at Fortitude Capital, which was awarded the AIMA 2008 Australian Hedge Fund of the Year. At PM Capital, McGowen will work across all the fund manager's equity portfolios and ...

EC's reforms could be fatal to hedgies

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... EC's proposal that fund managers and investors based outside Europe will require passports to trade in Europe. According to AIMA, this "passport" is attainable when regulatory equivalence is recognised between Europe and the applicant's home jurisdiction. ...

Mixed reaction on shorting ban lift

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... the markets and affects all Australians." Meanwhile Kim Ivey, chair of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) Australia says the organisation will continue to work with ASIC to develop short selling measuring methods. "We're still in ...

Gilbert to retire

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
... 1997. Roughly a month after he joined the Investment Funds Association it merged with the life insurance association and AIMA to form IFSA and Gilbert was appointed deputy chief executive. Gilbert was appointed IFSA chief executive in August 2002. "Gilbert ...

ASIC keeps short selling ban

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... short selling to continue without ASIC intervention." Meanwhile, Kim Ivey, The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) Australia chair, said the association is at a "complete loss" over why the ban was extended. "[ASIC is] very much on their ...

Return of the hedge funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... financial stocks until March. But in September last year, the local branch of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) said the ban might promote further volatility. "We're concerned that without any short selling, price discovery for ...

Tracking hedge fund fees

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... are being paid, according to an industry expert. Kim Ivey, chairman of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), said there is a "logical reason" why a performance fee is being paid to a fund manager, as this serves to only to further ...