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Who you know overshadows rules: Freehills view on Asia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... supervision at the Securities Commission, the Malaysia financial regulator. "I'm struggling to think of any Australian managers operating in Malaysia, which is surprising given the similarities between Australian and Malaysian regulation," she said. ...

BlackRock earns double honours at hedge fund awards

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... Income Fund, for best fixed income & credit fund; The Evergreen Retirement Trust, for best investor supporting Australian managers; Ramius LLC, best offshore manager operating in Australia and Huon Capital, for best emerging manager.

Aust investment managers climb global ranks

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
... Research by Towers Watson and Pension & Investments has revealed that in US dollar terms, total assets of the Australian managers who are represented in the top 500 grew by 49% from US$568 billion to US$847 billion. While the total AUM for the 500 managers ...

Equity based strategies hedge fund winners

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... Contribution to the Australian Hedge Fund Industry award, while Ascalon was recognised as Best Investor Supporting Australian Managers. "The outstanding performance of funds and people celebrated tonight reinforces the prudent role Australian hedge funds ...

Funds ignoring foreign exchange risk

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... cases featuring pension funds suing custodians over foreign currency transactions taking place in the US, Australian managers may take note. Rieck suggested that funds should move away from the 'end of the month trading' practice, as the high correlation ...

Industry awards top hedge funds in 2009

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... in the year to August. There were seven other categories (see below), including 'Best Investor Supporting Australian Managers', which went to Queensland-based Sunsuper. David Hartley, the fund's chief investment officer, accepted the award. Hosted by ...

Instos reverse traction in alternatives

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
... while commodities assets remained relatively small (less than half a percent of assets). There are thirteen Australian managers in the top 100 list. Macquarie Group with $56 billion in assets under management topped the top 10 global alternatives managers ...

WW names top fund managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... be included in the Pensions & Investments/Watson Wyatt World 500 rankings last year. Among the top 500, 15 Australian managers made the cut, making up one per cent of the total market. Colonial First State remains the largest Australian manager rising ...

Super cushions local asset managers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... Commerzbank and Belgian bank Fortis have either sold or in the process of selling their asset management arm, Australian managers such as NAB-owned MLC, Commonwealth Bank-owned Colonial First State and ANZ's joint venture with ING, are all "safe", according ...

Is offshore investment necessary?

... and the Eurozone's stockmarket. The US is used as an example because it commands the biggest amount of funds Australian managers allocate overseas. But back to the point, the diversification benefits of offshore investing is lost when the Australian ...