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Super fees battle competition and returns

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
... cent, attributed to funds using much more sophisticated investment vehicles like private equity, infrastructure and hedge funds." Keevers said the Rainmaker data also demonstrated that competition had not yet had any material effect on fees. "For the ...

Listed FoHFs gain traction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
Investors wanting exposure to hedge funds, but with much better governance controls and liquidity, are turning to listed funds of hedge funds (FoHF). Dexion Absolute Capital, available in Australia through IXIS Asset Management, is listed on the London ...

ARIA appoints Exec of the Year as new deputy CEO

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2007
... fund, Gibbs said the fund was already well invested in alternatives. "If you count private equity, infrastructure and hedge funds, we've already got better than 25% of the fund in alternatives already," he said. "The appointment doesn't flag anything ...

HFA promotes new investment manager

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2007
... replace Peter Coates, who is on secondment in London. Katz assumes responsibility for managing HFA's absolute return and hedge funds portfolio, sourcing Asia-Pacific hedge fund managers, developing new funds and driving positive HFA ratings from the ...

Carbon trading gets competitive hedge

... trading quadrupling over the past year. "Carbon trading is emerging as one of the most significant new sectors for hedge funds and we can expect continued rapid growth, particularly if the US and China in due course join in and establish their own carbon ...

ML creates new pension services desk speciality

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
... infrastructure assets. There could also be capital introduction opportunities should these funds allocate money to hedge funds.

MFS snaps up ex-BT hedge funds guru

... investment solutions with BT Financial Group where he set up and managed the BT Global Return fund, one of the largest hedge funds in the country with nearly $1.5 billion in assets. Prior to BT, he was the Asia-Pacific head of private research and funds ...

Germany rebuffed on hedge fund regulation call

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2007
... that Germany, holder of the G-7 presidency this year, is spearheading a broader European push for more oversight of hedge funds amid concerns the $1.5 trillion industry's recent spate of massive leveraged bets could potentially topple the banks that ...

Institutions more comfortable with hedge funds: State Street

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2007
... Street's third institutional investor hedge fund study shows more institutional investors are comfortable investing in hedge funds today than 12 months ago. Conducted late last year, the study, in conjunction with the 2006 Global Absolute Return Congress ...

Legg Mason FOHF rated four stars

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2007
Legg Mason's fund of hedge funds product the Legg Mason Permal Investment Holdings Trust has been awarded a four star rating from Standard & Poor's (S&P). S&P fund analyst, Lee Comper, said the rating was awarded on the back of a stable and highly experienced ...