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BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
... comeback. She'll be right mate! Even the Reserve Bank of Australia agrees. It has shifted its monetary policy stance to neutral! OK, you may kick yourselves now. But...but. But what? But leading indicators of the labour market earlier this year were ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... Spencer said. "With the market just in positive territory clawing to gain after initial weakness... we are just back to neutral territory, really. "The banks (are) holding up well... certainly helped by the more positive economic commentary from the ...

TechInvest tops fastest growing fundie table

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
... income strategies. "We have two businesses now, one is our global equity management where the flagship fund is a market neutral strategy. We also run credit and high income funds in conjunction with a group called Spectrum Asset Management," he said. ...

Hedge funds lag index returns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... cent. The Greenwich Global Long/Short index fared better during the month with a 5.7 per cent return and the Global Market Neutral index recorded just over 2 per cent. The Futures index was the only global hedge fund index to post a negative return ...

Instinet launches Newport 3

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
... the firm's smart order routing and algorithmic technology services. Among other things, the platform is "entirely broker neutral", doing away with potential conflicts of interest and a narrower field of broker-dealers that clients can trade with. It ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
... Morgans Ipswich manager Tony Russell said. "The major resources stocks are doing well and the rest of the market is fairly neutral. "I think the optimism should remain for the balance of the day." BHP Billiton was up 62 cents, or 1.83 per cent at $34.44 ...

Clearway adds third client

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
... Zealand. Zebra Capital Management, Clearway's third client, is a quantitative investment manager that provides market neutral and long short equity strategies to institutional investors. Roger Ibbotson, partner at Zebra Capital Management, said the Australian ...

Select exits third party distribution

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
... to the Board of Directors at Select as chief executive, said Select will no longer be offering its Select Gottex Market Neutral fund to new retail investors. The Select Gottex Enhanced Market Neutral Fund will be wound up with net proceeds returned to ...

US firm launches hedge fund rep ETF

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
... fees and expenses. The index holds a range of hedge fund strategies including equity long/short, global macro, market neutral, event driven and fixed income arbitrage. The ETF also invests in a number of ETFs on the market to build the portfolio and ...

Sentiment tips back to Aussie shares

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... surveyed 40 leading Australian fund managers for its latest quarterly Investment Manager Outlook (IMO). The flipside of the neutral outlook is managers are dispirited in the short-term by ongoing market mayhem but they acknowledge the market holds strong ...