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Hedge funds hit by shorting ban

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
More than half of Australian hedge fund managers, representing a total $24.7 billion in funds, said the short selling ban would materially impact their ability to implement their strategy, with six managers considering suspending or closing their fund's ...

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 ...

Alternatives charter assoc heads Down Under

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
The rise and rise of alternative assets is pushing the need for specialists trained in the sector, said Craig Asche, chief executive of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIAA) when he visited Australia last week. Asche said ...

Hedge funds to beat

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... money in negative markets," said Tim McGowen, chief executive of Fortitude Capital, winner of the top gong, Australian Hedge Fund of the Year award. While the market fell 40 per cent since the fund's inception in 2005, Fortitude's Absolute Return trust ...

AIMA aims for greater hedge fund disclosure

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
... the information memorandum or product disclosure statement," Ivey said. With approximately 80 per cent of Australian hedge fund managers AIMA members, Ivey expected them to be widely adopted.

Sub-prime dominoes falling

... given to poor people in Detroit, Los Angeles and New Orleans could have brought down a multi-billion dollar Australian hedge fund. Nonetheless, sub-prime fallout has seeped through the credit markets to the Cayman Islands and on to Circular Quay in Sydney ...

Absolute differences among hedge funds

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
The hedge fund industry was working hard yesterday to distance itself 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 ...

MFS snaps up ex-BT hedge funds guru

Less than a couple of months after his resignation, ex-BT head of alternatives Richard Keary has moved to MFS Alternatives as chief investment officer. Keary was the head of alternative investment solutions with BT Financial Group where he set up and ...

Understanding will drive hedge funds

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2007
Presenting the findings of a comprehensive study into the Australian hedge funds landscape this morning, specialist industry consultant Dr Jon Glass said capacity constraints were a non-issue and further growth would be driven by trustees becoming more ...

Beware of hedge risk: Deloitte

... from the US, where hedge fund providers operate differently to their Australian counterparts. For example, Australian hedge fund managers do require an Australian financial services licence (AFSL) and, depending on structure, may be regulated by the ...