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Hedge funds post worst Q1

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
Hedge funds have recorded their worst quarter in almost six years but managed futures bucked the trend. According to Man Investments Quarterly Review, the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index fell 2.78 per cent in this year's first quarter. The report found ...

Eagle IT opens Sydney office

... Sydney as its Asia Pacific base. The financial services technology provider offers web-based systems for managed funds, hedge funds, brokers, insurance companies and pension funds in the US. Through its new Sydney office, the group hopes to expand its ...

Short selling shouldn't be sold short

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
... said. "Short selling also makes markets much more efficient," said Scott Macdonald, managing director of VanMac Global Hedge Funds Consultants. "The issue is that it's always been a wholesale arrangement." This doesn't mean short selling, and its sister ...

Brookvine and ipac back Prisma

... consultant Brookvine. Up until last month, Ipac invested the sums with BT Grosvenor Master Fund, a global fund of hedge funds, through the BT Global Return Fund. However, it decided to use those funds to seed Prisma Global Multi-Strategy. Ipac spokesperson ...

Alternatives cause valuation headaches

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... credit standards. The fund has roughly 13 per cent of its portfolio invested in alternative assets including fund of hedge funds and infrastructure, just slightly above the industry average of 11 per cent. "The inherent difficulties in valuing alternative ...

Volatility hits 5-year high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... levels in five years yet not all volatility managers seem to know how to make the most of it, reports the latest VanMac hedge funds state of play newsletter. "Volatility increased in markets with the bellwether S&P 500 volatility (VIX) index at 26 per ...

Gray to advise Brookvine

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
... and manages investor relationships across a range of alternative assets including private equity, infrastructure and hedge funds.

Super funds critical on alt investment regulation

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... including AMP Super, ING Australia, Suncorp and CBUS. The survey found the super fund alternative investments such as hedge funds, private equity and infrastructure was had not been met with more regulation. "The areas of concern included infrequent ...

Let the sub-prime post-mortem begin

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
Postmortem into what caused the sub-prime fiasco is pointing the finger at the investment banks, hedge funds and even the apparent hero Dr Greenspan. The main problem, according to a just-released book titled The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money ...

SSgA wins $200m hedge fund replication mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... fund replication mandate. The Hedge Fund Beta Replication Strategy replicates the average performance of a group of hedge funds using indexing techniques developed by London Business School academics Bill Fung and Narayan Naik, and Duke University academic ...