HEDGE FUNDS

Financial planning

Australian fund managers remain widely optimistic regarding the likely performance of capital markets in 2003 according to a survey conducted by Mercer Investment Consult...

Funds management

Sagitta Wealth Management has introduced changes to the Sagitta Rothschild Global Return Fund in an attempt to improve its liquidity and accessibility....

Financial planning

Newly launched boutique funds management group Select Asset Management is looking to release two funds as part of its strategy to establish itself as an ‘absolute return’...

Editorial

The complex nature of hedge funds should not stop advisers from recommending them, says DOMINIC McCORMICK....

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...

Funds management

Absolute Capital will list three retail hedge funds it launched in July on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX), to be available to master trusts, wraps and retail investo...

Editorial

In the last article I discussed what I believe are the limitations to the current approach to asset allocation of much of the financial planning (and funds management) in...

Editorial

Despite the emphasis placed on the importance of asset allocation, DOMINIC McCORMICK thinks traditional wisdom on what constitutes strategic asset allocation leaves a lot...

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

The increasing attention on hedge funds marks the growing popularity of this alternative investment class and, as NICOLE SZOLLOS writes, recent data suggests continuing g...

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...

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

HEDGE funds have been on a bit of a crusade lately, grabbing headlines and attracting investors who are seeking returns in an environment where they are not exactly easy ...

Funds management

Boutique hedge fund manager Hale and Shepherd Investments has launched its first investment product – a mixed financial commodity fund....

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