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Fat Prophets enters SMA market

... over managed funds by allowing them to be the beneficial holder of a direct share portfolio rather than units in a pooled fund of investments. This will provide many investors with much greater flexibility than they have had in the past," he said. With ...

Absolute differences among hedge funds

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
... rights to sell assets to recover their debts. Hatfield said the majority of Australian hedge funds were of two kinds: fund of hedge funds, which invest in a wide range of sub-funds; and long-short funds, which are equity funds that short-sell stocks. ...

Rare coins and banknotes fund to raise $25m

Hindal Securities plans to raise $25 million through a fund that invests in rare Australian coins and banknotes, giving investors exposure to an alternative asset class that boasts returns as high as 35 per cent. From the '1813 Holey Dollar' to the ...

Legg Mason FOHF rated four stars

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2007
Legg Mason's fund of hedge funds product the Legg Mason Permal Investment Holdings Trust has been awarded a four star rating from Standard & Poor's (S&P). S&P fund analyst, Lee Comper, said the rating was awarded on the back of a stable and highly experienced ...

Hedge fund myths confuse investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2007
... either heroes or villains, while a lot of myths about hedge funds leads to too much confusion among investors, said hedge fund of funds manager EACM Advisors. One of the myths is they are unregulated and somehow a threat to market stability, said Robert ...

SELECT taps into futures with new fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2007
Select Asset Management has partnered with alternative investment specialist Aspect Capital to launch the Select Futures Fund, a managed fund offering retail investors access to global financial, currency and commodity futures markets. Brendan Foley ...

Global Octance Fund takes off

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007
HFA Asset Management, a subsidiary of Australian Stock Exchange listed HFA Holdings, has released its newest absolute return product, the HFA Octane Global Fund. The new Octane Global Fund offers leveraged exposure to up to 20 managers through accessing ...

HFA absolute return fund approved by S&P

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2007
... said the HFA fund presented a variety of attractive aspects. "The HFA OGF offers the opportunity to invest in a leveraged fund of global long/short equity managers, with the added feature of obtaining a directional return by choosing a call option over ...

Euro private equity awaits

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2007
... Australian super funds would do well to broaden their horizons, according to privately owned European private equity and hedge fund of funds specialist Unigestion. "I think as far as [Australian] super funds are concerned they are ahead of the curve ...

ALP Govt will boost personal contributions: Swan

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2007
It's taken two decades, but it seems superannuation is looming as an election issue, albeit a lower order one, as the Labor Party and the Government slug it out over which Party has the best future plan for the industry and for investors. Shadow Treasurer ...