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Hedge research warns against poor risk analytics

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... year, while 70 per cent of respondents said lack of transparency was their biggest concern. The survey, " Institutional Hedge Fund Investing Comes of Age: A New Perspective on the Road Ahead ", also found that the percentage of investors saying they ...

Fees for alternatives under pressure

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
Fees for private equity, hedge funds, infrastructure and real estate investments have all declined this year - and the timing couldn't be worse for alternatives as many funds struggle to assert their diversification credentials, post-GFC. According ...

FUM hits $1.37tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
Australia's funds management market climbed 2 per cent in the September quarter to reach $1.374 trillion, but over the year it grew only 1 per cent, reveals analysis by Rainmaker. This lacklustre growth in FUM contrasts with the 8 per cent growth in ...

Astarra director faces five years jail, $220k fine

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
The former director of Astarra Asset Management, Shawn Richard, faces a maximum penalty of 5 years imprisonment or a $220,000 fine - or both - and has been banned for life from providing financial services. Richard pleaded guilty to two charges of dishonest ...

More turbulence ahead: De Bever

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
The former chief investment officer of the Victorian Funds Management Corporation says that "bonds are an accident waiting to happen" and that the global economy is on the cusp of "a huge structural shift, probably one that we haven't seen since 1900." ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
The Australian share market was lower at noon as investors remain cautious over concerns about the sovereign debt of several European countries. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 25.4 points, or 0.55 per cent, at 4,593.1, after opening ...

A brighter future for hedge funds in 2011

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
... investors and, two years on, they now look set to reap the benefits of providing greater transparency and liquidity. "Hedge fund managers have had to make changes to the ways they structure and market thier funds, not only to win back confidence from ...

VIP hedge funds open doors

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... multi-strategy fund SAC Capital Advisors and quant-investing pioneer Citadel Investment Group. It also includes Paulson & Co, a hedge fund that gained notoriety after making huge returns from accurately predicting the meltdown in the market for subprime ...

US insider trading probe rocks hedge fund community

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
The US government is turning the screws on the investment community and it could affect firms with significant presences in Australia. Over the past 48 hours, as part of a wide-ranging insider trading probe, the FBI has raided a number of hedge funds ...

When everything went wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... June) and 7.7-8.2 per cent in 2012 (from 7.1-7.5 per cent predicted in June). Then there's the on-going FBI probe of hedge fund insider trading and worse-than-expected existing home sales report for October. At least China's still growing. Ahhh, but ...