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Bravura partners with StorLife

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
... Bravura's Rufus Global Transfer Agency system which tracks the accounts of investors in mutual funds, equities, cash and hedge funds. "The StorLife proposition replaces a legacy Write Once Read Many secure data storage system which is based on expensive ...

Buy side firms assess tech ability

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... Charles River Development chief executive and president. "Our clients worldwide from private wealth to institutional to hedge funds - demand greater control over trading strategies and best execution to support increased volatility, regulatory pressures ...

Hedge funds slam ban extension

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
The hedge fund industry has condemned the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) decision to extend the ban on short selling on non-financial stocks, declaring it will have "severe and immutable long-term effects". ASIC extended the ...

AREITs damaged by exuberance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... property research conference yesterday. "Australian Real Estate Investment Trusts (AREIT); they aren't REITs, they are hedge funds," said Nick Naboro, senior manager, Investment Property Databank. "I can name 17 AREITs with gearing ratios above 50 per ...

HFs continue to outperform

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
Hedge funds are outperforming global indices despite making heavy losses during the last month. The Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index lost 4.85 per cent during September against the S&P 500 Total Return and MSCI World Equity indices which lost 8.91 ...

Lonsec hires head of ratings

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
... Lonsec's head of ratings - income and alternative products, will assume additional responsibilities for researching hedge funds and income funds. Analysts leading these sectors will report directly through to Elsworth. Pavlidis joined Lonsec in August ...

Hedge funds hit by shorting ban

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... surveyed their hedge fund manager members to find the impact of the ban on their operations. Some 27 managers covering 29 hedge funds, representing a combined $24.7 billion in assets under management, responded to the survey. The outcome illuminates ...

Markets are a public good: PM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... restrictions and governance. "Systemically important financial institutions [including investment banks, insurance companies, hedge funds and financial clearing houses] should be licensed to operate in major economies only under the condition that they ...

Vision pumps $450m into Millennium Global

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... strong focus on currency overlay. The firm specialises in currency and global tactical asset allocation products, hedge funds, and fund of hedge funds. MGI currently manages in excess of $17.9 billion for institutional clients across Europe, North America ...

LGSS affected by shorting ban

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... Local Government Superannuation Scheme. Around eight to 10 per cent of LGSS' investment portfolio is allocated to hedge funds that employ shorting strategies, which has since been affected by the new ban of short-selling listed Australian equities. "It ...