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Equity based strategies hedge fund winners

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... inaugural Best Fixed Income & Credit Fund went to the Kapstream Absolute Return Income Fund. AQR was selected as Best Offshore Manager operating in Australia and AWJ Fund won Best Fund of Funds. Paul Chadwick, the former head of GMO Australasia, now ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... after the company announced it would recall of one of its hearing implant ranges. Major miners dropped on the back of offshore falls in commodity prices on Friday. BHP Billiton fell $1.16 or 3.1 per cent to $36.75, and fellow miner Rio Tinto was down ...

Trio directors accept APRA suspension

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
... failed to redeem existing investments in the Exploration Fund Limited (EFL) and made ongoing investments in the EFL, an offshore hedge fund, despite investment risks and a lack of arms'-length arrangements. The regulator found the directors acted in ...

Omega bond launch timed for asset allocation shift

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... will offer investors a low risk portfolio of investment grade fixed interest securities and Australian entities issuing offshore. "We think in the coming months people will sit down in their investment committee meetings and say 'alright global growth ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... more likely." Elsewhere on the market, local players poured into energy stocks on Thursday after oil prices rose during offshore trading. The sector was up 0.93 per cent according to Iress data, led by Oil Search, which was the best-performing company ...

Super funds signal intention to delve into overseas property

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... estate. The research also suggests that institutions are set to lift the share of their property portfolios dedicated to offshore assets from 2.3% to 3.2% in the same time period. "Recent equity market instability has prompted investors to seek alternatives ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... in the previous quarter because of the floods and cyclones over the summer, investors were still relying on news from offshore markets. "There was, certainly, a little bit of (optimism) there and you saw the spike just after the numbers came, but as ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... Australian dollar was trading in a very narrow range on Friday, ahead of significant US non-farm payrolls figures due in the offshore session. "Risk assets will either get the green light or the red light when US non-farm payrolls are released," Mr Waterer ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
The Australian share market was higher at noon, extending early gains as consistent gains in offshore markets renews investors' confidence amid volatile trading conditions. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 48.8 points, or 1.1 per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... out of the US later this week - a private sector manufacturing report and the latest labour force numbers. Ms Chan said offshore turnover had also been very light in recent days, as Hurricane Irene swept through parts of the US east coast. "It is extremely ...