HEDGE FUNDS

Funds management

Hedge funds are facing new regulatory challenges alongside heightened competition and margin compression....

Funds management

Despite being hit hard during the GFC advisers should consider the use of hedge funds but be on the look out for funds that have high illiquid asset allocations, a US hed...

Funds management

The Tribeca district in New York is known for being close to Wall Street but not part of it and Tribeca Investment Partners has used this strategy over the best part of t...

Funds management

Hedge funds seem to be making a cautious return to the market with an annual return growth of 15.6 per cent in 2014, doubling since 2012, but still only accounts for four...

Financial planning

Ibbotson's Craig Stanford will chair AIMA's education committee. ...

Funds management

Demand for sustainable investment options is continuing to gain momentum in Australia, with the investment category growinng by 34 per cent since 2012, an international r...

Editorial

Dominic McCormick looks at the case for agriculture investment and argues while it’s compelling, there’s a lack of robust investment vehicles. ...

Editorial

While considered foreboding by traditional investors, volatility in global markets is music to the ears those in the alternative space, Janine Mace writes. ...

Superannuation

Australian superannuation funds are targeting alternative investments and taking on greater risk in an effort to meet members’ expectations, a report shows. ...

Funds management

Volatility in global markets has frightened investors according to the research conducted by Certitude Global Investing...

Financial planning

The six largest financial planning institutions can expect a visit from ASIC which will examine their compliance with high-risk advice areas....

Editorial

Alternative investments, like hedge funds, can be seamlessly blended into portfolios, but the trick is to remember they are not an asset class in their own right, Andrew ...

Financial planning

Select Fund Services has leveraged its relationship with Neuberger Berman to launch a new product aimed at retail and SMSF investors....

Rate the raters

While nobody’s perfect, Nicholas O’Donoghue asks fund managers what their perfect ratings house would look like, and finds out the flaws in the current crop. ...

Editorial

Central banks have enjoyed an extended period of almost unquestioned power, perhaps because there is no reasonable alternative, Dominic McCormick writes....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

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5 months 4 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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The Federal Court has made interim travel restraint orders against two Falcon Capital directors, while also freezing one director’s assets....

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