HEDGE FUND

Financial planning

Colonial First State’s (CFS) hedge fund of fund product has been removed from the recommended list by InvestorWeb Research in its latest review of the sector following th...

Funds management

Hedge fund managers Vertex Capital Management and K2 have recorded performance in excess of 20 per cent for the last financial year, in figures released yesterday by rese...

Financial planning

Barclays Global Investors Australia (BGIA) has launched a new absolute return long-short Australian equity fund to complement its first long-short equity fund released ba...

People & Products

Treasurer Peter Costello has announced the appointment of Dr John Laker as chairman and Ross Jones as deputy chairman of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (A...

Financial planning

Australian boutique fund manager Select Asset Management has announced a joint venture with European hedge fund manager Aspect Capital to increase its absolute return foc...

Financial planning

Research house Lonsdale Securities (Lonsec) has added eight hedge fund/fund-of-funds (FOFs) products to its ‘recommended’ list within its Hedge Fund Sector Review and has...

Financial planning

Australian boutique fund manager Select Asset Management has announced a joint venture with European hedge fund manager Aspect Capital to increase its absolute return foc...

Funds management

Hedge Funds of Australia managing director Spencer Young has hit back at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) over concerns voiced by the regulator last ...

Funds management

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has warned of concerns it has over the choice of hedge funds as investments....

Editorial

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...

Funds management

Australia’s hedge fund industry continues to grow at an astonishing pace, but how such investments fit into an overall investment portfolio, the latest report into the se...

Financial planning

The business management and operating capability of Absolute Capital Limited (ACL) has been assessed as “competent” by research house Assirt....

Financial planning

JOHN WILKINSON reports, two research houses are making serious attempts at presenting an independent picture of what is happening in the hedge fund management sector....

Editorial

What was once an investment class largely ignored by Australian investors has now emerged as a market contender. KATE KACHOR examines the rise and future of hedge funds....

Editorial

As hedge funds become ever more popular, a dazzling array of options are becoming available. LACHLAN GILBERT takes a look at these options and how they operate in the mar...

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