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Quattro fund on ice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
... Opera House car park. ReCap is the property business division and Quattro Asset Management represents the alternative investment division. Quattro Asset Management uses Real Estate Capital Partners' licence to operate.

Superfund opens alternatives fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
Superfund Group is launching its Super Alpha Fund 1, providing investors with access to managed futures and market neutral long short strategies that have delivered more than 13 per cent per annum for more than a decade. The fund's strategy is based ...

RREEF buys long short real estate stake

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
Deutsche bank's RREEF Alternative Investments bought a minority stake in US based long short real estate investment advisor, Rosen Real Estate Securities LLC. The deal means RREEF investors gain access to Rosen Real Estate Securities' products while ...

ARCH buys FPG stake

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
US asset manager ARCH Financial Products has bought a 48 per cent stake in one of the world's largest offshore independent financial adviser firms, Financial Partners Group. ARCH bought the stake in FP Group, which has more than $1.3 billion under advice ...

Hedge funds slam ban extension

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... systematic issues, particularly 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 ...

AustSuper stays cautious

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
The $28 billion industry fund AustralianSuper has raised its allocation to cash and global bonds as it seeks shelter from volatile markets. Speaking at a Melbourne meeting for fund members yesterday evening, Ian Silk, chief executive of AustralianSuper ...

HFs continue to outperform

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
Hedge funds are outperforming global indices despite making heavy losses during the last month. The Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index lost 4.85 per cent during September against the S&P 500 Total Return and MSCI World Equity indices which lost 8.91 ...

Hedge funds hit by shorting ban

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... suspending or closing their fund's 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 ...

Vision pumps $450m into Millennium Global

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... alternatives manager Millennium Global Investments. This is the first Australian win for MGI, a London-based alternative investment manager with a strong focus on currency overlay. The firm specialises in currency and global tactical asset allocation ...

JV moves Invesco into China PE

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... business into a flagship industrial conglomerate." The joint venture heralds the expansion of Invesco's alternative investment ability in China. The firm manages more than $58 billion in alternative assets. Wilbur Ross, Invesco WL Ross chair, said the ...