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Omgeo gives edge to hedge

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
... playing catch up. This is why operational issues account for a high 50 per cent of hedge fund failures, according to IT research by CAPCO. "Omgeo offers a platform which incorporates industry standards and scalable processes which allows us to effectively ...

BGIA expands insto team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... position, she worked for FactSet Pacific as a product manager as well as an economist at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and senior research officer at the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics. Connelly will report to BGI client director ...

Boutique incubators work best: Russell

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... Russell Investments. Speaking at the 2008 Russell Australasian Investment Summit in Melbourne last week, Jon Eggins, research analyst at Russell, said a boutique firm's lifecycle plays a crucial role in its investment performance. The top performing ...

S&P recognises industry best

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... Investment Management and Greencape Capital were among the winners of this year's Standard & Poor's Fund Awards. The research and ratings firm awarded BT Financial Group Fund Manager of the Year, Greencape Capital as the Emerging Manager of the Year ...

Aurora Trust delivers 13pc

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... minimise any trading discount occurring in the listed Unit price relative to the net asset value per unit," claims Aurora. Research houses Zenith Investment Partners and Aegis Equities Research Pty Ltd have both given the trust a "recommended" rating ...

Grove opens term deposit shop

BY STAFF  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
Asset consultant Grove Research and Advisory has launched an online term deposit shop as the flight to cash continues. Initially, the service will provide wholesale investors with comparable daily rates from Citibank, BankWest, Investec and Rabobank. ...

Hedge fund to invest $500m into carbon capture

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... approximately 700 sophisticated investors. While being a hedge fund investor, Och-Ziff said their approach is innovation and research driven rather than leverage oriented. Och-Ziff earlier this year created Africa Management Limited to target resources ...

Advisers open doors to $50k clients

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
... willing to take on clients with funds as little as $50,000 in a bid to win new business amidst tough market conditions, new research shows. A new survey by Nielson, commissioned by ING Australia, noted that an increasing number of advisers will now consider ...

AustralianSuper sticks with securities lending

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
AustralianSuper has reviewed its securities lending protocols and decided to continue the practice. "AustralianSuper, similar to most super funds, employs a range of short and long-selling strategies in order to maximise investment returns to members," ...

Planners demand global fund with conviction

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... chief investment officer, David Iben has more than 26 years of experience in the industry and is supported by a 16-person research team. Standard & Poor's gives the fund a four-star rating.