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Mercer appoints CIO in UK

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... for alternative alpha strategies, based in the UK. Muysken rejoins Mercer after spending the last three years in the hedge fund industry. He spent the early part of his career in the Asia/Pacific region as a senior actuarial advisor in the Australian ...

Euro downs Supermodel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
Europhobe. Dictionary.com defines this as "a person who dislikes Europe, its culture, and Europeans," to which we may now add, the euro. Yes Virginia, it seems most of us are turning Europhobes now. Greece gave euros a bad smell and now financial markets ...

Tasplan invests $21m in hedge fund strategies

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... Wholesale DELTA fund was launched in September last year. The fund provides access to a diversified portfolio of core hedge fund strategies. Standard & Poor's rated the fund 'four stars' while Zenith Investment Partners gave the fund a 'recommended' ...

Aurora wins $190m Optimix mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... institutions also drawn to the fund's strategy. In separate news, Aurora announced last week it intends to merge with hedge fund Fortitude Capital, subject to a successful IPO. If the merger proceeds, the new business will have $570 million in funds ...

Credit Suisse to focus on alternatives and EM

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
Credit Suisse Investments Australia (Credit Suisse) will focus on alternative investments and emerging markets after it sold the bulk of its fund offerings - credit and property portfolios worth $1.8 billion - to fund manager Challenger. While Credit ...

Hermes appoints ex-Fortis chief

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
Hermes Fund Managers has appointed former Fortis Investments chief executive, Ian Manton-Hall, as director, Hermes Fund Managers Australia. Manton-Hall joins Hermes from Fortis Investments (previously ABN Asset Management), where he was CEO, Australia. ...

Fortitude and Aurora merge to create $570m manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
Hedge fund manager Fortitude Capital and Aurora Funds have signed a deal to merge - a move that will form a $570 million fund manager. Aurora employees will move over in the deal and John Corr, founder of Fortitude, will become chief investment officer ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
... and Exchange Commission, alleging it failed to tell investors that one of its products was partially designed by a hedge fund that bet it would fail. When markets settled, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had fallen 158.71 points, or 1.42 per cent, to ...

HSBC funds now on IOOF platforms

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... investing in more than 50 hedge funds globally. It gives investors exposure to a diversified, actively managed portfolio of hedge fund strategies, seeking to provide compelling risk-adjusted returns in all market conditions. The HSBC GH Diversified Strategy ...

Fortitude close to deal with dealer group

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
Sydney-based hedge fund Fortitude Capital is close to signing a deal with a financial planning dealer group to provide access to the fund manager's Absolute Return Trust. John Corr, managing director and chief investment officer at Fortitude Capital ...