HEDGE FUND

Editorial

Hedge funds have done well in terms of both performance and distribution, but they are yet to be universally accepted on master trust menus. FIONA MOORE reports....

Editorial

Australia’s funds management community is in the midst of a dramatic slump in profits and revenue, the latest annual Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) ...

Financial planning

Alternative investments challenge the very core of investment theory because they open up the debate between relative and absolute returns. As FIONA MOORE reports, it is ...

Funds management

SPECIALIST fund-of-hedge-fund manager Investor Select Advisors is looking to team up with an Australian funds management group in an attempt to grab a foothold in Austral...

Funds management

Rothschild Australia Asset Management and specialist hedge fund manager Basis have topped the rankings in the inaugural hedge fund sector report by research group Investo...

Funds management

The BT group is expected to join the growing list of major funds management groups in Australia to push headlong into the burgeoning hedge fund scene with the launch of a...

Financial planning

Running a successful hedge fund is not a black art according to a leading US hedge fund manager. JOHN WILKINSON outlines some of the secrets to running a successful hedge...

Funds management

The Bank of Bermuda has launched a series of hedge fund indices to measure the performance of hedge funds throughout the Asia Pacific region, including Australia....

Editorial

“A true hedge fund is an investment vehicle with a primary key to minimise investment risk in an attempt to deliver profits under all circumstances.”...

Funds management

Listed financial services group Challenger International has joined the growing list of fund managers to enter the hedge fund marketplace, launching a long / short Austra...

Funds management

While education remains at the top of the list of priorities of hedge fund managers, good performance has helped to raise the profile of the alternative asset class....

Funds management

AXA Australia has become the latest fund manager to propel itself into the ever burgeoning multi-manager hedge fund scene with the launch of a global fund-of-hedge fund t...

Funds management

Hedge fund manager specialist Financial Risk Management (FRM) has hit Australian shores, headed up by former Tower Asset Management chief executive Derek Goodyer....

Funds management

In preparation for the roll out of retail and wholesale fund of funds hedge funds later this year, Colonial First State has appointed as its hedge funds consultants, Harc...

Financial planning

Rob Keavney is no stranger to controversy. A recent article Keavney wrote to counter some of the extremes of exuberance on hedge funds sparked a number of detailed respon...

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