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Peak6 $1bn capital raise boosted by Aussie instos

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
US hedge fund manager Peak6 has soft-closed its new Achievement fund after attracting significant inflows from Australian investors. The fund, which launched in September 2012, has already reached the $1 billion in funds under management (FUM) milestone ...

Quo vadis dollar-A?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... A$ was predicted to head higher. In May 2011, global currency expert Savvas Savouri of the British-based Toscafund hedge fund predicted that the A$ "will reach $US1.30 by 2013 -- and $US1.70 by 2014, as the greenback relinquishes its 'exorbitant privilege' ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... 8.5 cents to $3.655. US stocks surged to new all-time closing highs on Tuesday on renewed optimism after a prominent hedge fund manager said the 2013 rally has further to go. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 123.57 (0.82 per cent) to a record 15,215.25 ...

Down, down, dollar down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
... mind either. According to Reuters, the Ira Sohn Investment Conference is "an annual charitable event where big-name hedge fund managers come to share their "best ideas" with other wealthy investors". Looks like a case of self interest (it's well-known ...

Neuberger Berman adds EM debt capability

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... "The dedicated pension money is not going to leave the asset class so it becomes much less driven by opportunistic hedge fund flows. These are a large and growing long-term investment base," he said.

Vale William Mahoney

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
William Mahoney, who helped build Connecticut- based Bridgewater Associates into one of the world's most successful hedge funds, passed away on Tuesday, April 30 at the age of 55. Charles Ruffel, former equity partner and early fundraiser for Bridgewater ...

Insto investors bullish on equities: EIU survey

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... best regions for asset price growth. EIU interviewed global pension-fund managers, economists, and private equity and hedge fund managers as part of the third annual survey. The survey was held in January and Australian institutional investors made up ...

Zenith rates Macquarie global fund as 'Recommended'

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... Berman (NB). NB has around $19 billion in assets under management across its Alternatives division (which includes Hedge Fund of Funds and Private Equity investments) and Zenith considers it is well set up to provide advisory services to SAP, particularly ...

Aurora targets retail investors with liquid hedge fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... their increasing appetite for alternative investment products, according to Aurora Investment Management. The US-based hedge fund boutique said that difficult market conditions had led many investors who wouldn't otherwise consider hedge funds, to increase ...

Hedge fund fees under pressure

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... their fees as returns have failed to meet investors' expectations, says PIMCO executive vice president Ryan Korinke. Hedge fund fees tend to be the most expensive of all active managed options available to investors because they typically promise higher ...