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ASIC keeps short selling ban

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... short selling to continue without ASIC intervention." Meanwhile, Kim Ivey, The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) Australia chair, said the association is at a "complete loss" over why the ban was extended. "[ASIC is] very much on their ...

Return of the hedge funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... financial stocks until March. But in September last year, the local branch of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) said the ban might promote further volatility. "We're concerned that without any short selling, price discovery for ...

Tracking hedge fund fees

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... are being paid, according to an industry expert. Kim Ivey, chairman of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), said there is a "logical reason" why a performance fee is being paid to a fund manager, as this serves to only to further ...

No more short-selling: IML

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
... 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 function of short-selling is still misunderstood by some ...

Hedge funds slam ban extension

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... for financial stocks," said Tony D'Aloisio, ASIC chair. However, Kim Ivey, Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) chair, slammed the regulator's decision and questioned the rationale behind it. "ASIC's concerns about fragile markets pertain ...

Hedge funds hit by shorting ban

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... redemption or application terms, a survey found. The Australian arm of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the representative body of the local hedge fund industry surveyed their hedge fund manager members to find the impact of ...

AIMA and IFSA respond to temp shorting ban

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
Hedge fund industry body AIMA is meeting today to discuss how ASIC's new shorting rules will impact Australian hedge funds while IFSA is due to release a statement about how the changes could affect redemptions and existing investment mandates. AIMA's ...

Hedge funds to beat

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
The AIMA Australia Hedge Fund awards held last night highlighted 15 of the leading hedge fund managers in the country, with one awardee returning 39 per cent and another gaining as much as 265 per cent in the last 12 months. Admittedly it's been a tough ...

Super funds to raise hedge fund weighting

... findings came from a survey commissioned by the Australian Chapter of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the peak body for hedge funds, and conducted by the University of NSW Business School. According to the research, major super ...

AIMA aims for greater hedge fund disclosure

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
... background of hedge fund collapses both locally and in the US, the Alternative Investment Management Association of Australia (AIMA) today released new risk disclosure guidelines for Australian hedge funds. The voluntary guidelines, developed by the ...