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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... $25.06. Oil and gas producer Santos slipped 19 cents, or 1.4 per cent to $13.76 after broker Merrill Lynch cut its rating to neutral from buy. Fellow oil producers fell, with Oil Search losing five cents to $6.03 and Woodside declining 25 cents to $48.17. ...

SSFS ushers Asian Century in $1bn global equities overhaul

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... equities portfolio in the past 12 months. The result is that they've changed their overall strategy from being 'style neutral' to having a 'strategic value tilt'. "We felt now's the time to catch the value premium post the GFC," said Fabian, stressing ...

No transparency, no mandates: ARIA

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... ARIA. Lochiel Crafter, chief executive of ARIA, said one of the major lessons learnt from the GFC in relation to market neutral or hedge funds was their lack of transparency, which arguably had been their downfall. Often not knowing the assets and positions ...

A tale of confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... Asian investors increased by 2.4 points to 95.3. According to State Street, "A reading of 100 in the Index represents a neutral level where institutions are neither allocating towards nor away from risky assets." So there we have it ladies and gents ...

On A$ parity and dashed whispers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... Whitney is superbly prescient or she has inside information. Recall she recanted her "buy" Goldman recommendation into "neutral"? She's on the ball again. Goldman shares fell by 1.9 per cent despite reporting a more than threefold increase in its third ...

Show me the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... 29 per cent over the same period. This time, Ms. Meredith changed her mind. Goldman is no longer a 'buy' it is stamped 'neutral'. In other words, stop buying. This time, Whitney's recommendation was issued two days before GS reports on its actual earnings. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... Financial stocks fell after influential banking analyst Meredith Whitney lowered her rating on Goldman Sachs Group to "neutral" from "buy" after the stock posted steep gains since the company reported earnings for the second quarter. The company is expected ...

Fortitude to launch Aus equity income fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... a new Australian Equity Income fund with a twist. This month Fortitude won 2009 Hedge Fund of the Year and Best Market Neutral Fund for its Absolute Return Trust, a fund that is unfortunately a rarity in the hedge fund sector of late: it stayed well ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... Dow Jones index overnight weighed on the local market in early trade but bank stocks were driving a recovery to almost neutral territory. "Some of the banks are coming back and that's lending a bit of support," Ms Saly said. By 1202 AEST, National Australia ...

Industry awards top hedge funds in 2009

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... Winner - Lanterne Arran Fund Finalist - Herschel Absolute Return Fund Finalist - TI Intercept Capital Fund Best Market Neutral Fund Winner - Fortitude Capital Absolute Return Trust Finalist - Bennelong Long Short Equity Fund Finalist - BGI Total Return ...