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Where did the money go?

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
Investments in international property, hedge funds and ethical investments have fallen sharply during the June quarter, Rainmaker data shows. The Rainmaker Roundup June quarter report found among the slowest growing sectors was international property ...

BUSS(Q) seeks Asian exposure

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... $20 million investment with a listed fund of hedge fund, Dexion - a listed version of the Harris alternative fund of hedge funds product. A further $25 million mandate with Warakirri Asset Management was cut, with the combined $45 million pumped back ...

Legalsuper seeks hedge funds

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
... allocating between two to three per cent of the fund's current $1.2 billion funds under management respectively to hedge funds and credit managers. While hedge funds globally saw their assets shrink from US$2.9 trillion in 2007 to US$1.9 trillion last ...

Regulators tighten grip on hedge funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... Commission and UK's Financial Services Authority have announced plans to explore common reporting and regulations of hedge funds - developments that could set the template for Australian hedge fund regulation. The two financial services regulators said ...

Industry awards top hedge funds in 2009

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... only at last night's Australian Hedge Fund Industry Awards, an event that recognised the country's top-performing hedge funds while raising money for children's cancer charity, Cure Our Kids. Taking the top award as Australian Hedge Fund of the Year ...

IOSCO to impose new rule on FoHFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... manager's use leverage. The FoHF manager must assess whether the selection criteria used when choosing underlying hedge funds has been satisfied, and, if they have not, the FoHF manager must be satisfied and be in a position to explain why, the report ...

AQR launches hedge fund beta strategy

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
... return which is not correlated to equities and other asset classes. "We believe these hedge fund betas explains most of hedge funds' diversifying returns. Lifting the veil on these well-known and time tested hedge fund strategies allows us to offer them ...

MAP Super seeks alternatives, hires Bennelong

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
MAP Super is boosting its diversification strategy by tapping alternatives such as private equity and hedge funds, and has hired Bennelong Funds Management as a new investment manager. According to an August update of the fund, MAP Super is increasing ...

Shared equity property posts 21pc growth

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... attracting interest from super funds looking for greater diversification. "Australian shares, international shares, hedge funds and AREITs are all very highly correlated, they offer super funds little diversification in downturns when they need it most," ...

SWFs no longer at arm's length

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... "market-friendly". To toe the line, Rozanov said SWFs could join forces with other institutional investors and activist hedge funds in governance issues such as executive pay, "poison pills" and M&A proposals. He stressed that the shift won't happen ...