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Praemium signs on UK Fat Prophets

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
ASX listed separately managed account (SMA) technology provider Praemium has signed a letter of engagement with the UK arm of Fat Prophets to launch its own branded version of the British version of the SMA, SO Smartfund. According to a statement released ...

Brookvine and ipac back Prisma

... Multi-manager ipac securities has moved approximately $160 million out of BT and into Prisma Capital Partners, a US-based fund of hedge fund represented locally by alternatives consultant Brookvine. Up until last month, Ipac invested the sums with BT ...

Super funds commit 6pc to private equity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2008
... achieved returns of more than 30 per cent, this level is hard to be maintained." The proportion of super funds using of fund of hedge fund strategies for private equity investment rose by 25 per cent to 75 per cent over the last three years, followed ...

Alternatives cause valuation headaches

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... adopted tighter credit standards. The fund has roughly 13 per cent of its portfolio invested in alternative assets including fund of hedge funds and infrastructure, just slightly above the industry average of 11 per cent. "The inherent difficulties in ...

MAN hedge fund gets top rating

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... recommended" rating by Zenith Investment Partners - the only product to achieve the standard in the ratings house's hedge fund of fund scoreboard. The fund gives investors the opportunity to invest in a currency hedged "high alpha" hedge fund of fund ...

Præmium tackles UK SMAs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
Listed portfolio administration provider PrA|mium Limited is one step closer to establishing its UK business as the Financial Services Authority approved the new legal framework for Smartfund - its British adaptation of the Separately Managed Account ...

SSgA wins $200m hedge fund replication mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... they can identify genuine hedge fund alpha producers," said Lakhani. According to Lakhani, less than 15 per cent of hedge fund of fund returns could be attributed to active manager skill. The remaining 85 per cent could be attributed to a equity risk ...

SELECT expands senior team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
... by Gottex Fund Management&[which] now have over $17.3 billion in funds under management, mainly in their market neutral fund of hedge funds," he said. Foley said the Select Diversified and Alternatives Portfolios has performed well in the last six months. ...

Pengana buys Saltbush

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... a brilliant track record in funds management, delivering an average annualised return for the Saltbush Absolute Return Fund of 17.5 per cent net between May 2004 and January 2008." The Saltbush Absolute Return Fund is a long short Australian equities ...

FGF wins $162m QIC mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... market via managed fund offerings. FGF confirms that the first of these offerings will be the Fisher Graham Value Asia Fund of which Yeoman Capital Management will be appointed sub-manager. QIC is one of Australia's largest institutional fund managers ...