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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 ...

Fear and thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
Blame it on the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday in America. Financial markets are running around like headless Turkeys trying to find the nearest exit away from the oven. There was heavy selling on Wall Street overnight and then... buy backs. At lot of ...

New rules for investment advisers: SEC

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
The Securities and Exchange Commission is proposing new rules to strengthen the regulator's oversight of investment advisers. The SEC's proposed rules will implement provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. This includes ...

Qantas eyes alternatives, cools on equities

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
Qantas Super has reduced its exposure to international and local equities in favour of hedge funds, unlisted infrastructure and return seeking credit following an asset allocation update. The $5 billion super fund has made a 5 per cent boost to its ...

ETFs distort stock fundamentals

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... changing the dynamic drivers behind global stock prices, pushing macro beta factors to fore rather than fundamentals, said hedge fund advisory firm Hennessee Group. "ETF's have grown in popularity, they are accounting for a larger share of daily stock-trading ...

Bottoms up

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... Australian Fund Monitors, global macro funds, which unequivocally use a "top down" approach, are the best performing hedge fund strategy in the year to September, with a near 8 per cent average return.

AvSuper awards hedge fund mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
AvSuper has appointed $25 million each to Fauchier Partners and Aurora as the fund ramps up its hedge fund strategies. Michelle Griffiths, chief executive of Canberra-based AvSuper, said the $50 million mandates are part of the funding for the super ...