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WW revises structure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
... manager of research. The structure means Craig Baker becomes the global head of manager research and global head of hedge fund research. Martin Knowles steps into the role of global head of equity research, Margaret Frost is global head of bond research ...

Buy side firms assess tech ability

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
Expected regulatory requirements and the need for greater corporate transparency are driving buy side investment firms to assess their technological operations. More than 475 people attended Charles River Development's annual conference despite tightening ...

Hedge funds slam ban extension

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
The hedge fund industry has condemned the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) decision to extend the ban on short selling on non-financial stocks, declaring it will have "severe and immutable long-term effects". ASIC extended the ...

AREITs damaged by exuberance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
Many listed property trusts (LPTs) fell out of investor's favour because they changed from being from stable, income-producing trusts to highly geared, complex products - but experts believe there's life in the sector yet, just not in its current form. ...

HFs continue to outperform

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
... Hedge funds are outperforming global indices despite making heavy losses during the last month. The Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index lost 4.85 per cent during September against the S&P 500 Total Return and MSCI World Equity indices which lost 8.91 per ...

Lonsec hires head of ratings

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
Ratings house Lonsec has appointed Paul Pavlidis as head of ratings - equity managed funds. Pavlidis will begin his role next January and will be responsible for coordinating Lonsec's research of global and Australian equity managed funds. He will lead ...

Hedge funds hit by shorting ban

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
More than half of Australian hedge fund managers, representing a total $24.7 billion in funds, said the short selling ban would materially impact their ability to implement their strategy, with six managers considering suspending or closing their fund's ...

S&P reinstates ratings for 18 funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
... fund-of-fund level, is at the forefront in our maintenance of the ratings. "The business and operational risk of smaller hedge fund managers and strategies is a concern, and S&P continues to receive timely information in this regard." Scott said the ...

Markets are a public good: PM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
Australia may be a small country but it took Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's 2,700 word speech to the United Nations on Friday to articulate a way out of the global financial mess. The speech was in contrast to US Treasury secretray Henry Paulson's widely ...

Vision pumps $450m into Millennium Global

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
The $4.3 billion industry fund Vision Super has awarded a $450 million mandate to specialist currency and alternatives manager Millennium Global Investments. This is the first Australian win for MGI, a London-based alternative investment manager with ...