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Lower risks from hedge fund strategies causing a rethink

While global hedge funds continue to outperform global equities, the big news is that they are doing it for only one-third the risk. The latest GreenwichVan Hedge Fund Index report for January 2006 shows that the S&P 500 scored a return, in local currency ...

Lonsec warns MTMs to seek new boutique managers

... style-neutral portfolios but added that the changes from last year included more exposure to alternative assets such as hedge funds and global property. "Overall we were quite pleased with the quality of the group," said Kennaway. But Kennaway added ...

Alternative investing steadily going mainstream: JANA

... asset allocation would see between zero to 10 per cent of a portfolio geared towards alternative investments such as hedge funds, private equity and infrastructure. "That's now increased to between 10 to 20 percent," he said. JANA, which manages over ...

DeAM appoint to boost alternative investments sales

... Asset Management (DeAM) has appointed a new head of alternative investments distribution, selling products including hedge funds and private equity products. DeAM CEO Australia and CIO Asia Pacific, Andrew Fay, said the appointment will help continue ...

Private equity and M&A market activity to stay strong in 2006: Gresham

... source the good deals that really give the performance boosts most private equity portfolios need. "In the US most hedge funds source many of their investments through public equity markets but as the market is getting so crowded it is forcing them to ...

Global hedge funds up 7 per cent for the year: Greenwich-Van

... cent, and Nasdaq could only scrape 2.6 per cent. Adding insult to injury for the global equity sector relative to hedge funds, "only one of the 20 hedge fund indices tracked by Greenwich-Van is negative for the year," said McKnight. Futures managers ...

Future Fund open to alternatives

Hedge funds and alternative investments will not be ruled out of the Future Fund according to Treasury officials, ending months of uncertainty that kept hedge and alternatives fund managers on tenterhooks. Kim Ivey, chairman of the industry's peak body ...

DSTi risk solution protects another manager

... approach to investment processes and risk management. The program is specifically designed for discretionary funds, hedge funds, super funds, mastertrusts, wraps and high value wealth portfolios. IAG Asset management is part of the Insurance Australian ...

SELECT appoints the good doctor

FINANCIAL STANDARD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2005
... selected listed and direct investments and giving access to private equity, commodities and infrastructure, along with hedge funds.

Index for the smart, hedge for the stupid

... entertained, enlightened and provoked the audience at the FPA conference last week when he questioned returns made by hedge funds and called those who invest in them "stupid". "Many people buy hedge funds, especially rich people. It tells me that there ...