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LGSS affected by shorting ban

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... ban of short-selling listed Australian equities. "It does have an impact on us in a number of ways. A lot of these [hedge fund] managers will employ short selling techniques as a hedge onto their investment portfolio," said Craig Turnbull, chief investment ...

SWFs back alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... principal, sovereign funds global. Middle Eastern SWFs in particular have been actively investing in private equity and the hedge fund sectors for many years. Despite the inherent risk of cashing in on the alternatives trend, SWFs differ from their fund ...

Super funds are not 'blameless'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
Super funds should take a closer look at their own role in the current capital market crisis and reassess their governance standards instead of blaming other firms, according to Donald MacDonald, BT Pension Fund trustee and UK PRI chair. Speaking at ...

Omgeo expands derivatives tech

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... platform designed by Global Electronic Markets (GEM), after it piloted the technology with a large broker and a major hedge fund manager. Marianne Brown, president and chief executive of Omgeo said the dual transaction means Omgeo now extends its expertise ...

AIMA and IFSA respond to temp shorting ban

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
Hedge fund industry body AIMA is meeting today to discuss how ASIC's new shorting rules will impact Australian hedge funds while IFSA is due to release a statement about how the changes could affect redemptions and existing investment mandates. AIMA's ...

ASIC tightens short-selling rules

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
The Australian Securities Exchange Commission (ASIC) moves to block offshore market speculators and traders from targeting the local stockmarket when it imposed temporary restrictions on short-selling of all listed Australian equities effective today. ...

Greater fool with no shorts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
Equity markets rebounded sharply at the end of last week's trading as America's administrative, fiscal, monetary and regulatory authorities combined to wrench the claws off the credit squeeze that, last week, threatened to strangle the US financial ...

Deutsche Bank extends Russian footprint

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
... wider choice of investment products. In addition, both firms are looking to buy a minority stake in UFG Advisors, a hedge fund management company that invests in Russian securities for high net worth and institutional clients.

ASFA proposes asset classification standards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
A background paper on how super funds should classify assets in their diversified investment options, prepared by the Association of the Super Funds of Australia (ASFA), has recommended funds and research groups standardise how they classify assets ...

Alternatives charter assoc heads Down Under

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
The rise and rise of alternative assets is pushing the need for specialists trained in the sector, said Craig Asche, chief executive of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIAA) when he visited Australia last week. Asche said ...