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Tracking hedge fund fees

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
Investors may be asking questions about the amount of performance fees received by hedge fund managers but the real focus should be on the benchmarks and how often these fees are being paid, according to an industry expert. Kim Ivey, chairman of the ...

Top and bottom super performance differ by 36pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
The global financial crisis has widened the performance gap between the best and worst performing default workplace super funds to 36 per cent, treble their historic difference, according to SelectingSuper data. The latest SelectingSuper super fund ...

Hedge that made the grade

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... alternatives sector review. The Winton Global Alpha Fund gained a 'highly recommended' rating. Man RMF Dynamic was the only hedge fund of fund to be awarded a 'highly recommended' rating from the firm, no other fund of hedge fund gained a 'recommended' ...

Mandate to the Future

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... investments in the portfolio at some point. The fund is also keeping an eye on hedge funds. "We are thinking hard about the hedge fund market place at the moment...it's not obvious to us that we should be plunging in here and say it's 'fill your boots' ...

Trustee survey reveals top asset classes

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
Infrastructure, private equity and commodities are going to be the most preferred asset classes this year, according to a trustee survey released this week. According to a Centre for Investor Education survey of 30 industry fund trustees and retirement ...

New CEO for Russell

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
Russell Investments has named Andrew S. Doman as the company's new global chief executive officer, effective February 2, 2009. Doman succeeds John Schlifske, who was named president and CEO in June 2008. Schlifske will continue to serve as the company's ...

ASIC extends short selling ban till March

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
ASIC has extended the ban on covered short selling of financial stocks until 6 March, opposing the move of its UK counterpart FSA, which lifted its shorting ban last week. The regulator is concerned about lifting the ban after the Financial Services ...

End 'set and forget' strategy: van Eyk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... allocation, which was developed at the end of 2007, is still relevant but may be slightly altered to factor in events in the hedge fund sector and the risk of inflation, said Wilkin-Smith. The initial strategic asset allocation recommended using caution ...

Shariah-compliant hedge funds hit the spot

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
Shariah-compliant hedge funds could outperform their traditional hedge fund counterparts this year, predicts Aureliano Gentilini, global head of hedge fund research at Thomson Reuters Lipper. Gentilini said that Shariah-compliant hedge funds stand to ...

FMs predict comeback by 2012

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
A Watson Wyatt survey of global fund managers representing more than $14 trillion found most respondents expect stock markets to return to historical levels by 2012. The global survey, conducted last month, also found sentiment on this year's market ...