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APRA accepts EU from former Trio director

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... concerns included that Trio failed to redeem existing investments in the Exploration Fund Limited (EFL), an offshore hedge fund for a number of reasons. These included a lack of arms-length arrangements in place as the EFL was a related party to Trio ...

Instos must reassess alternatives portfolios

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... manages $600 million in Australia courtesy of mandates from Perpetual and Advance. The manager combines investment in hedge fund managers with packages of beta that replicate their qualities, to build tailored portfolios. "The client is then in the position ...

Volcker Rule could slash Wall Street incomes 25%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
Legislation in the US to rein in investment banks' ability for market making that goes against clients best interests, is proving to be more complicated than first thought. The proposal, known as the 'Volcker Rules', were proposed by economist and former ...

Sunsuper appoints new consultant as model shifts

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
Sunsuper has appointed Ibbotson Associates Australia to consult on medium term portfolio tilts, adding to its recent reappointment of Mercer, as its relationship with consultants continues to evolve. The $18 billion super fund is also close to bringing ...

Aust equities drive default growth

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
Australian shares influence 91% of overall default fund returns despite only holding one-third of super fund assets, according to research from SelectingSuper and its research partner Rainmaker Information. The August SelectingSuper crediting rates ...

Family office aligns with hedge fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
Hedge fund, Signature Capital Investments, has partnered up with a Sydney-based family office. The strategic alliance between Signature Capital Investments (SGI) and with AR Management (ARM) was made official on September 26. ARM is the management and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... Gold also fell more than $US100 on Friday, with weeks of volatility, renewed strength in the US dollar and talk of hedge fund liquidation wrecking its safe-haven status. The spot price of gold in Sydney $US1,645.7 per fine ounce, down $US100.01 from ...

Be glad for A$ weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... dollar US plus some change. And just last May, global currency expert Savvas Savouri of the British-based Toscafund hedge fund predicted the A$ to reach $US1.30 by 2013 and $US1.70 by 2014. Now it's all doom and gloom for the dollar A. The A$ bulls are ...

Instos urged to grab sovereign debt chance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... discussing with Australian clients while visiting from the UK last week was better managing high yield exposure using hedge fund techniques. "We're talking about getting a manager that can rotate between different asset classes, get exposure between ...

Insto investors stand by equity risk models

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
Global institutional investors believe that employing a variety of equity risk models is a key component of portfolio construction, retaining faith in them to help during a financial crisis, according to an MSCI survey. More than 600 portfolio managers ...