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Fortitude to launch Aus equity income fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... Australian Equity Income fund with a twist. This month Fortitude won 2009 Hedge Fund of the Year and Best Market Neutral Fund for its Absolute Return Trust, a fund that is unfortunately a rarity in the hedge fund sector of late: it stayed well in the ...

Industry awards top hedge funds in 2009

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... Winner - Lanterne Arran Fund Finalist - Herschel Absolute Return Fund Finalist - TI Intercept Capital Fund Best Market Neutral Fund Winner - Fortitude Capital Absolute Return Trust Finalist - Bennelong Long Short Equity Fund Finalist - BGI Total Return ...

Select exits third party distribution

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
... Board of Directors at Select as chief executive, said Select will no longer be offering its Select Gottex Market Neutral fund to new retail investors. The Select Gottex Enhanced Market Neutral Fund will be wound up with net proceeds returned to investors ...

Return of the hedge funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
Global hedge funds have hit the ground running this year, returning 0.42 per cent in January while the S&P 500 Total Return and MSCI World Equity indices lost more than eight per cent. According to a VanMac report, the Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index ...

Hedge funds to beat

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... Winner Mathews Sabre Fund Finalist H3 Japan Fund Finalist Portfolio Partners High Growth Shares Trust Best Market Neutral Fund Winner Bennelong Long Short Equity Fund Finalist Fortitude Capital Absolute Returns Trust Finalist BGI Total Return - Australian ...

SELECT expands senior team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
... offered by Gottex Fund Management&[which] now have over $17.3 billion in funds under management, mainly in their market neutral fund of hedge funds," he said. Foley said the Select Diversified and Alternatives Portfolios has performed well in the last ...

MFS goes on a shopping spree

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
... Alternative Management entered into an agreement to acuire 40 per cent of the shares in Australian equity market neutral fund manager Fortitude Capital. Also this week travel and hospitality company Stella Group, a division of MFS, launched an off-market ...

SELECT tops hedge fund ratings

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
... topped Standard & Poor's (S&P) hedge fund rankings with both receiving five star ratings. The Select Gottex Market Neutral Fund and a two times leveraged version of the fund, the Select Gottex Enhanced Market Neutral Fund, both received the top rating ...

Basis Capital takes top hedge funds honour

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2006
... Absolute Return Fund - Best Long Short & Absolute Return Fund Award - Hayberry Australian Equity Fund - Best Market Neutral Fund Award - Fortitude Capital - Best Global Macro / Futures Fund Award - Merrill Lynch Asset Allocation Alpha Fund - Best Fund ...

SSgA launches neutral Asian alpha fund

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has launched its new SSgA Asia Pacific Equity Market Neutral Fund, aimed at giving institutional investors easy access to pure alpha returns from Asian equity markets. The strategy, designed by SSgA's quantitative ...