HEDGE FUNDS

Funds management

Broadly adverse market conditions saw hedge funds struggle through May across almost every strategy....

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Funds management

APRA admits it doesn't know the extent of the super industry's exposure to hedge funds....

Editorial

The Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index has recorded its largest drop since November 2008, losing 2.76 per cent in May - although it still comfortably outperformed oth...

Financial planning

Select Asset Management’s Alternatives Portfolio has been added to AXA’s North platform as well as Colonial First State’s FirstWrap....

Editorial

Alternative investments traditionally offer a buffer against market volatility. Chris Kennedy finds out how they have fared over the course of the last 12 months. ...

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Funds management

This year’s Money Management/Lonsec Fund Manager of the Year Alternative Investments (Hedge Funds) award came down to two first-time nominees, but it was Morgan Stanley t...

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Editorial

Despite a resurgence in popularity, Janine Mace explains why hedge funds are coming under great scrutiny from regulators worldwide....

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Editorial

Hedge funds have been slammed in recent years as poor performance deemed them a disaster for investors. Despite this, Janine Mace finds the industry remains positive, wit...

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Funds management

Perpetual Investment Management has formed a partnership with US hedge fund manager Ramius Alternative Solutions LLC under which Ramius will advise Perpetual on its hedge...

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Editorial

Dominic McCormick explains why it is time to increase the heat on the frozen funds littering the mortgage, high yield, property and hedge fund sectors....

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Editorial

Have the recent issues raised by Trio Capital (formally Astarra/Absolute Alpha) created a mini-Madoff affair? Dominick McCormick investigates....

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is conducting an exhaustive audit of the operations of the country’s largest Australian Financial Services Licensees....

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Financial planning

The AIOFP intends to hire a private investigator in Hong Kong to pursue people and companies associated with the missing $118 million from Astarra Asset Management's Alph...

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Editorial

SMSF trustees are an unpredictable bunch, writes Tim Hewson. He sifts through recent research that assessed the attitudes of these independent investors....

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Financial planning

US President Barack Obama has continued his campaign to rein in the activities of his country’s financial institutions, and is now looking to limit financial sector conso...

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