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Alternatives rewrite custody

The alternative investments frenzy that has swept the local market in the last two years has prompted Australia's largest custodians to go back to the drawing board and set up units specialising in reporting the exotic and not-so-exotic investment asset ...

From rooster to feather duster

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2007
... investment bank's bonds and loans to finance buy-outs. The postponement of the $12 billion debt offering related to the Chrysler sale was just one casualty. Private equity group Kolberg Kravis and Roberts is rumoured to be postponing its IPO plans and ...

Absolute Capital suspends redemptions

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
Hedge fund manager Absolute Capital posted a notice on its website yesterday saying that it had "closed" its flagship fund, the $200 million Absolute Capital Yield Strategies Fund. The Yield Strategies Fund is an investor in the structured credit market ...

CFDs move from off-market to exchange

With the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) planning to open a contracts for difference (CFDs) exchange in two month's time, investment house ABN AMRO gets in first with the launch of its own branded listed CFDs. The group has today listed around ...

Liquidnet trading breaks mould

A US-based institutional broker, Liquidnet, plans to launch an electronic trading system in Australia that would blow the rest of the competition out of the water. Named as one of the top ten brokers on the New York and London Stock Exchanges, Liquidnet ...

Investor responsibility key to governance: Regnan

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2007
Investors need to re-think their investment attitudes and focus more on corporate governance and long-term value than shot-term profit, according to Erik Mather, managing director of governance research house Regnan Mather said that while attitudes ...

China's GDP and CPI blowout

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
China continues to blitz market expectations with GDP growth in the June quarter coming in at 11.9 per cent, well above the expected 11.0 per cent and their strongest growth since Q3 1994. China's industrial production also expanded by 1.3 per cent ...

Absolute differences among hedge funds

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
... from Basis Capital, which notified investors late on Wednesday that it was in default on margins loans and faced a forced sale of assets that may result in a return of less than 50 cents in the dollar to unit holders. A representative of the Alternative ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
The local bourse is expected to enjoy a rollicking good start to the day, inspired by strong base metal prices and the record close on Wall Street. At 0817 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index was up 21 points to 6405. ...

RBC Dexia breaks into unit registry

The Australian arm of RBC Dexia Investor Services has expanded its existing suite of custodial and business services after launching a global unit registry platform this week. "Finally, fund managers in Australia can take advantage of a truly global ...