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FUM breaks through pre-GFC barrier

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
It's taken five long years but Australia's funds under management (FUM) market has finally recovered all the FUM that was lost during the global financial crisis. Research released by the Rainmaker group in their March 2013 Roundup report reveals the ...

US hedge funds abandon Europe on new regulations

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) directive, which has been devised by European lawmakers to rein in the hedge fund, private equity fund and real estate fund industries. From July the new directive will limits the ability of non-European alternative ...

Abenomics strengthens investment ties with Japan

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
The dramatic lift in confidence arising from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's aggressive stimulus measures has created opportunities for investment to flow between Australia and Japan in both directions, according to Nikko Asset Management chairman ...

ASIC to accept submissions for 'hedge fund' definition

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... and Investments Commission (ASIC) will consider submissions from the industry in order to refine the definition of 'hedge fund'. The announcement follows concerns over the current definition of 'hedge fund' and affects a number of funds that do not exhibit ...

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 ...