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New year, new products, new chief

... fast shaping up to be a busy one for the group. "2007 will be a big year for OPAM, with the growth of our early stage hedge funds, our joint venture with GCI of Japan - GO Capital - and a number of new hedge funds we are bringing to market." "We are ...

Everything old is new again, now: Schroders

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2007
... obsession with headline data and forecasting has led some to forget the fundamentals. Conlon drew particular attention to hedge funds, the focus on alternative asset classes and the search by investors and commentators for elusive new asset class definitions ...

MIA predicts property slump by 2010

... were "travelling comfortably" up until April last year when the Bank of Japan raised interest rates and forced global hedge funds to sell down. That included reducing their holdings in the Australian listed property trust (LPT) sector. "When the market ...

Hedge fund crosses the Rubicon

Sick of hearing critics complain about management fees charged by hedge funds, local hedge fund of funds (FOF) provider Rubicon Asset Management has launched a hedge fund platform with no management fees attached. "The impact of high fee structures ...

AIMA boosts executive committee

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2007
... responsible use of alternative investments. Ivey said that in the past financial year, Australia's A$62.7 billion hedge funds industry had grown rapidly to become Asia's largest.

Overseas investors drive hedge funds: Report

A new report into the hedge fund industry by specialist consultant John Glass and Rainmaker has found while the local hedge fund market is $22 billion, it's becoming a big exporter with one quarter of the money being managed for overseas investors. ...

SELECT tops hedge fund ratings

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
... the fund, the Select Gottex Enhanced Market Neutral Fund, both received the top rating from S&P, the only fund of hedge funds from a field of 25 that S&P assigned the top rating. Simon Scott, S&P fund analyst, said the funds were awarded the top rating ...

Not-for-profits winning but master trusts catching up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
... not-for-profit funds have further diversified their portfolios, allocating money away from equities into private equity and hedge funds. This move, however, has been mirrored by some of the master trusts who have been outsourcing their diversified options ...

FUM climbs to $1.3 trillion trumping national debt

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
... it were counted in the survey. Rainmaker said the five fastest growing sectors, in headline percentage terms, were hedge funds, property securities, ethical/SRI, property and 'other assets'. Putting the figures into perspective, economic commentators ...

Absolute returns not high risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
Super funds increasing their allocations to hedge funds and absolute strategies are not increasing their risk weightings because such strategies are really aimed at adding greater diversification. Scott MacDonald, managing director of VanMac Global ...