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Editorial

Hedge funds: not all they’re cracked up to be

A damning new report on the hedge fund industry in Australia has found that many products do not constitute hedge funds at all. Authors of the report, MARTIN GOLD and PAU...

Editorial

Short-term forecasts and other silly questions

Short-term market forecasts are about as useful as horoscopes, says DOMINIC McCORMICK....

Financial planning

Freebies take their toll on professionalism

On the front page of Money Management’s December 12 edition (“ACA slams industry as ‘structurally corrupt’”), Charles Littrell from the Australian Prudential Regulation A...

Financial planning

Exit stage left – Cuffe to leave CFS

The announcement by Colonial First State (CFS) that its long running and high profile chief executive, Chris Cuffe, was resigning from the organisation has surprised few....

Financial planning

Hunter Hall buys stake in start-up boutique

Investment manager Hunter Hall International has acquired a 30 per cent interest in AM Constable Limited (AMCL), a start-up boutique fund manager....

Financial planning

Lifeplan breaks the $1bn barrier

Lifeplan Funds Management has broken the $1 billion funds under management barrier....

Financial planning

Tower places itself under the microscope

An independent actuarial review has been commissioned by Tower Australia in response to concerns posed by the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) over the g...

Financial planning

Murray takes on new role at BT

BT Funds Management has created the position of head of equity research, appointing Crispin Murray to the role. Murray, the former executive vice president and head of Eu...

Financial planning

Colonial to distribute 452 Capital funds

Colonial First State has signed an agreement with 452 Capital, the group set up by ex-Perpetual senior analyst Peter Morgan and Warwick Negus, to exclusively distribute t...

Financial planning

Assirt first in rating of K2

The Assirt group is continuing to push into the research of the burgeoning hedge fund sector, releasing its first ever rating of a single strategy hedge fund manager, K2 ...

Financial planning

Treasury Group backs new boutique

The Treasury Group has linked up with the former chief investment officer at Credit Suisse Asset Management, Tim Ryan, to set up a new boutique funds management house....

Financial planning

Most influential: Stephen van Eyk

FOR THE second year running Stephen van Eyk has secured a place in the Most Influential list, and deservedly so....

Funds management

Van Eyk finds growth in tactical asset allocation

Van Eyk Research has released its annual review on the balanced fund sector, finding an increase in managers adopting tactical asset allocation (TAA) strategies as well a...

Financial planning

Ralph and Cameron join forces in governance

FORMER Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) chief executive Lynn Ralph has joined with the former chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commi...

Financial planning

BT gives guarantees but still suffer ratings downgrade

BT FUNDS Management has given assurances that despite the poor performance of its Australian Equities fund it will not close the fund to new investors nor wind it up in t...