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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
The Australian market has received a strong lead from US securities trading on Wall Street and gold again was higher, although other metals and oil were lower. At 0818 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was ...

Man and CS launch managed account service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
Man Investments and Credit Suisse have teamed up to launch a managed accounts service to institutional investors worldwide. Under the initiative, Man Investments will be responsible for sourcing, due diligence and monitoring of managers. The firm has ...

Telstra Super seeks investment experts

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
Australia's largest corporate super fund, Telstra Super, is looking to for a property portfolio manager and alternatives professional to join its investment team. Telstra Super is putting out its feelers for a portfolio manager - property to manage ...

Frontier takes tough stance against asset-based fees

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
Asset consultant Frontier, which has $91 billion in funds under advice, has sent a letter last week to all the external fund managers of its super fund clients to consider charging flat dollar fees, instead of asset-based fees, on their investment mandates. ...

Four pillars of a good hedge fund: Ashton

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
... Advisors, which has links to the highly successful Paulson funds in the US, said Paulson's four pillars of running a solid hedge fund stems from a transparent model that focuses on independence. Raphaely comments that while some of the rules pertain ...

Galleon sinks $4bn

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
... Rajaratnam, for insider trading. In a scandal that rocked New York's Manhattan set, Rajaratnam became the latest high profile hedge fund manager criminally charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission for alleged insider trading. Robert Khuzami ...

Perennial recruits investment specialists

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
Perennial Investment Partners has hired three new investment specialists to service the firm's planner and dealer group clients. John Negri has been appointed investment specialist servicing Victorian and South Australian financial planners. Andrew ...

Where did the money go?

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
Investments in international property, hedge funds and ethical investments have fallen sharply during the June quarter, Rainmaker data shows. The Rainmaker Roundup June quarter report found among the slowest growing sectors was international property ...

HFA appoints non-exec director

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
HFA Accelerator Plus (HAP), a listed hedge fund, has appointed former HSBC Investment Banking Group executive Bill O'Neill as independent non-executive director. O'Neill was nominated by Carrousel Capital, one of HAP's largest shareholders holding approximately ...

Billionaire faces insider trading noose

SEC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
Billionaire Raj Rajaratnam and his New York-based hedge fund advisory firm, Galleon Management, has been charged for insider trading that allegedly saw him pocket over $27 million in illicit gains. The US Securities and Exchange Commission, which laid ...