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Councils exposed

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2007
... raised concerns over local councils' heavy investment in the same type of Collateralised Debt Obligations destroying so hedge funds. Stevens questioned whether local government authorities in Australia understood the degree of risk and embedded leverage ...

Fed shoots from the hip

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2007
... to take further action as needed. Considering the 70 or so mortgage lenders who have gone to the wall and numerous hedge funds struggling not to, the Fed is addressing a more dangerous issue of a confidence crisis that has real potential to harm quality ...

Eclectic signs up to Hatfield Liptak

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2007
... multi-strategy investment approach. Eclectic represents Hatfield Liptak's first local signatory where it joins UK fund of hedge funds manager CCP. Sydney based Hatfield Liptak director Damien Hatfield said he did not see any risk in promoting a company ...

AIMA aims for greater hedge fund disclosure

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
... Investment Management Association of Australia (AIMA) today released new risk disclosure guidelines for Australian hedge funds. The voluntary guidelines, developed by the AIMA regulatory committee over the past year, provide individual investors with ...

High net worth clients like it crystal clear

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2007
... For example, HNW clients prefer investing in shares directly or through managed funds than through fund-of-funds or hedge funds, both of which may not offer the same level of transparency. He said high net worth investors also preferred to pay more money ...

QIC invests in UK pure alpha fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
... over 12 per cent. Henderson manages over $16 billion, invested in enhanced index, equitised long short products and hedge funds. The team is headed by London-based David Elms, previously one of the founders of Melbourne boutique Portfolio Partners. Henderson ...

The upside of carnage

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
... over a year they are still well up." He believes that recent sell-offs would be occurring at the margin, either with hedge funds and/or traders. With the sheer volume of investors now in the market, "it only requires a few at the margins to panic then ...

Barriers to hedging

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
... JANA managing director of asset consulting Ken Marshman. Increasing superannuation fund investment through fund of hedge funds (FOHFs) mean they now account for more than two-thirds of local wholesale hedge fund assets and this dramatic change in acceptance ...

Opes Prime challenges Macq

... client and advisor's choice how it is structured," he said. A specialist in securities lending and equity financing for hedge funds and institutions since 2002, the group's foray into wealth platforms reflects the continuing retailisation of the market. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2007
... Stearns's debt to "negative," saying the biggest US underwriter of mortgage bonds may have problems, including with its hedge funds, that could hurt the firm "for an extended period". The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 281.42 points, or 2.09 per ...