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ASIC extends short selling ban till March

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... on the superannuation industry. According to Rainmaker, long short equity strategies are the most common style of hedge funds used for investment mandates. In addition, the latest Rainmaker Roundup found fund managers hold roughly $30 billion in hedge ...

Shariah-compliant hedge funds hit the spot

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
Shariah-compliant hedge funds could outperform their traditional hedge fund counterparts this year, predicts Aureliano Gentilini, global head of hedge fund research at Thomson Reuters Lipper. Gentilini said that Shariah-compliant hedge funds stand to ...

FMs predict comeback by 2012

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... investment grade bonds, high yield bonds and the emerging markets, the survey found. They are, however, bearish on hedge funds, government bonds, money market and real estate. Watson Wyatt believes the lessons learned from the credit crisis should put ...

Frontier hires analyst

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... Financial Services as an analyst and prior that appointment as a research assistant at Monash University analysing Asian hedge funds. Allison Hill, Frontier Investment Consulting senior consultant, said the Lee's expertise in hedge funds provided the ...

No more short-selling: IML

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
... companies and their employees, please ban short-selling again ASAP," he said. Kim Ivey, chair of the peak body for hedge funds, the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), declined to respond directly to Tagliaferro's letter but said the ...

Quattro fund on ice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
... short Australian equities strategies, global equities long-only unhedged strategies or single manager multi strategy hedge funds, said Adiseshan. He said the firm is also concentrating on the Real Estate Capital Partners (ReCap) business and its recent ...

First Quadrant taps global macro trends to gain 12pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
... numbers prove it. According to Morningstar (US) data, four of First Quadrant's global macro funds were among the top 10 hedge funds in the global non-trend category in the three months to September, returning 6.33 per cent to as high as 12.29 per cent. ...

Future Fund seeks hedge fund analyst

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... ramping up its attention to the hedge fund space as it embarks on a hunt for a senior analyst with an expertise in hedge funds. The Future Fund is seeking the analyst to "help build one of Australia's largest hedge fund portfolios. "This is a unique ...

Long-only turmoil pushes investors to hedge funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
As the GFC batters confidence in long-only equities, sentiment is turning to hedge funds, provided you partner with groups that are reputable and well run, said Spencer Young, chief executive officer of HFA Holdings. The result is institutional investors ...

QIC changes infrastructure tact

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... sector by taking advantage of discounted prices caused by the financial crisis and deleveraging by global banks and hedge funds. Investment opportunities with a stable underlying credit profile is looking particularly profitable, according to QIC managing ...