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Foreign shocks sparks IT scrutiny

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... so that should a disaster or power outage happen, the fund would be up and running immediately. Some of Alphaserve's hedge fund clients operate in Australia, with Sydney branches, and it also supports one of the largest internet service providers in ...

ASIC silent on possible research probe

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... a high-level investigation into both research firms and auditors who reported on super fund Trio and its associated hedge fund Astarra Strategic. Financial advisers are vulnerable as they look at audited reports and ratings-house research before advising ...

Economic woes keep US growth in check

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... also come from the tenuous nature of the jobs recovery where headline unemployment currently sits at 8.8 per cent. US hedge fund trader John Thomas has said the US needs 27 million new jobs to soak up natural population and immigration growth, to set ...

Big mandates, big risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... European real estate according to the Preqin report. Bart Turtelboom, co-head of global emerging markets at London-based hedge fund GLG Partners, told trustees at last week's Conference of Major Superannuation Funds that the developing world was reverting ...

HSBC targets super funds with China access

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... Pidgeon. The Australian business has also experienced a pick up in interest from institutional investors in its customised hedge fund solutions, which will be another part of its focus for the next few years. "As we mature and the Australian market matures ...

Capital at risk in emerging markets

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
Bart Turtelboom, co-head of global emerging markets at London-based hedge fund GLG Partners, told trustees at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds that the unrest in the Middle East is likely to spread to Latin America and parts of Asia, threatening ...

Future Fund climbs sovereign league tables

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
Australia's Future Fund is now the 13th largest sovereign wealth fund in the world, moving up from 15th place according to new figures from alternative investment research firm Preqin. The report compares the world's sovereign wealth funds in US dollar ...

Mystery surrounds sovereign fund billions

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
The future mandate of Libya's sovereign wealth fund is uncertain following political unrest, a new report has said. A new report from Preqin said the Libyan Investment Authority had been able to invest more freely after sanctions on the north African ...

Converging techniques give investors more options

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... specialist at Amundi Asset Management when visiting Australia last week. Pushing this has been a loss of faith in fund of hedge fund products, particular by pension funds. It has resulted in them going direct to managers to assemble the products they ...

No risk of a double-dip recession: survey

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... not all market players were so positive. John Thomas, an investor and publisher of online newsletter Diary of a Mad Hedge Fund Trader, yesterday wrote that he was sick of the "endless procession of perma bulls" who insist the S&P is cheap at 15 times ...