Still A Few Bears Out There…

Iʼm naturally bearish which is weird because Iʼm a naturally  positive  individual.  Instead  of glass half empty, I like to be glass full to the brim! However, being  around  financial  markets  for a reasonable period tends to make you a natural bear. A lot of that stems  back to me being, for many years, a [...]

Australian Hedge Newsletter – March/April 2013 Issue

The March/April 2013 issue of the “Australian Hedge Newsletter” is now available with the latest news plus comments and insights into the hedge funds industry in Australia and around the world. This issue contains all the regular features and hedge funds news… …“Damo’s Gadget Corner”… …the latest Bijak’s Macroeconomic Digest… …and local hedge funds performance figures. To [...]

Australian Hedge Newsletter – February 2013 Issue

The February 2013 issue of the “Australian Hedge Newsletter” is now available with the latest news plus comments and insights into the hedge funds industry in Australia and around the world. The latest issue contains all the regular features and hedge funds news… …“Damo’s Gadget Corner”… …the latest Bijak’s Macroeconomic Digest… …and local hedge funds performance figures. [...]

Cerulli Releases Report On Asian Fund Distribution

The Asian retail bank channel, accounts for more than 50% of AUM in most of Asia (ex-Japan) according to the Cerulli Quantitative Update: Asian Distribution Dynamics 2012: Surviving the Distribution Squeeze. Other highlights:  Retail banks are continuing to trim their product suite and list of fund management partners due to higher regulatory scrutiny and rough [...]

Hedge Funds Manager Developments

Some recent news about managers of hedge funds… Acorn Capital has launched the AU Acorn Capital Asia Small Cap Fund. The fund is issued by Australian Unity Funds Management. Douglas Loh, Acorn Capital’s head of Asia, said the firm has built a team of seven dedicated investment professionals who have extensive experience in Asian markets [...]

Investor And Fund-of-Fund Developments

A selection of recent news about investor behaviour and Fund-of-Fund developments… Morningstar’s Sector Wrap-Up for alternative funds awarded bronze ratings to five funds while no ratings were given to the nine other funds researched. Morningstar senior research analyst Julian Robertson told media that, “We do not believe that the majority of alternative strategies available in [...]

State Street Releases Report On Asset Owner’s Perspectives

State Street has released a US research report ‘The Asset Owner’s Perspective: Evolving Investment and Operational Models’. Highlights…  45% of asset owners reported that low yields on traditional assets have increased their organisation’s appetite for alternatives, particularly among institutions at the smaller end of the market. Asset owners are addressing the liquidity crunch by undertaking [...]

Ernst & Young Releases Global Hedge Funds Survey

Ernst & Young has released its sixth annual survey of the global hedge fund market, ‘Finding Common Ground.’ The survey (compiled by Greenwich Associates for E&Y) interviewed 100 hedge fund managers who manage over US$710 billion, and 50 institutional investors with over US$190 billion allocated to hedge funds. Highlights…  Investors and hedge fund managers have made [...]

Australian Hedge Newsletter – December 2012 Issue

The December 2012 issue of the “Australian Hedge Newsletter” is now available with the latest news plus comments and insights into the hedge funds industry in Australia and around the world. The latest issue contains all the regular features and hedge funds news… …“Damo’s Gadget Corner”… …the latest Bijak’s Macroeconomic Digest… …and local hedge funds performance figures. [...]

Significant Investor Visa (SIV) Could Bring $5 billion Annually To Australian Funds

Overseas high-net-worth investors entering Australia via the government’s Significant Investor Visa (SIV) immigration programme could bring in $5 billion annually to fund managers, according to David Chin, Managing Director of Basis Point Consulting. SIV starts 24 November 2012 and requires ultra-high-net-worth migrants to invest $5 million into ‘complying’ investments – one being ASIC regulated managed [...]