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Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
The Australian share market is flat in sporadic trading that was expected on the final day of the September quarter. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said that hedge funds and large fund managers were balancing their books in line with trading strategies ...

PIMCO moves to calm investors in wake of 'bond king' exit

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... Ivascyn, who heads up the mortgage credit portfolio management team and is lead portfolio manager for PIMCO's credit hedge fund, was given a standing ovation when the news was announced. The firm has also appointed Andrew Balls, CIO global; Mark Kiesel ...

Regal named Australian hedge fund of the year

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
Sydney based long/short equity manager Regal Funds Management (Regal) was the big winner at last night's Hedge Fund Awards held at the Westin Hotel in Sydney. Now in their 12th year the awards were handed out at Hedge Funds Rock, an event that also ...

Hedge fund allocators pick unstable funds

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
In terms of hedge fund size, there is a sweet spot in which it is easiest to operate, but which the vast majority of allocators are ignoring, according to FRM chief investment officer Keith Haydon. Addressing representatives of the Australian and global ...

How to win family office mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... executives has said. Addressing an audience of fund managers at the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA)'s Hedge Fund Forum in Sydney yesterday, four prominent family office professionals described what they look for in a hedge fund manager. ...

FUM breaks thru $2tr

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... the alternatives segment increased to 17% of the broad market not all alternatives segments shared the upside with hedge fund decreasing 6%, private equity holdings up 2% and infrastructure up 3%. Rainmaker estimated total superannuation contributions ...

Van Eyk set to make announcement on future

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... entity, Macquarie, decided to pull the plug following an improper investment by one of van Eyk's underlying managers, UK hedge fund Artefact.

Towers Watson shakes up manager research teams

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... Chris Redmond continues to lead the credit research stream. Damien Loveday, meanwhile, who was previously head of the hedge fund stream, will take head up the newly created "Diversifying Strategies" stream, which includes macro hedge funds, reinsurance ...

Brumbie: Misguided attacks on SMSFs, enough already

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... the right side of a shrewd arbitrage somewhere in the world. However, as time has gone on, I've realised the term "hedge fund" has morphed and twisted so much that it can mean almost anything to anybody, which means it actually means nothing. Instead ...

Crisis deepens for van Eyk Blueprint funds

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... for the crisis has been aimed at Artefact Partners, an underlying manager in the International Shares Fund. The UK hedge fund allegedly invested in a portfolio that did not meet the liquidity requirements stipulated in the mandate. Van Eyk has reportedly ...