Master funds and wrap account platforms have changed the landscape of the financial services industry. However, says Dominic McCormick, one issue that doesn’t get enough ...
Investors rattled by the underperformance of some traditional asset classes over the past few years may be warming to the inclusion of alternatives in their portfolios. C...
Investors allocating assets to hedge funds should do so via fund-of-funds vehicles to diversify manager style and risk exposure, according to research house Assirt....
Hedge funds may have prospered from a move to absolute returns in recent years but strong performance figures are no guarantee they will continue to benefit argues Goldma...
Colonial First State’s (CFS) hedge fund of fund product has been removed from the recommended list by InvestorWeb Research in its latest review of the sector following th...
Hedge fund managers Vertex Capital Management and K2 have recorded performance in excess of 20 per cent for the last financial year, in figures released yesterday by rese...
AXA will offer both growth and value based funds into the retail market after kicking off a value style based Australian equity fund through Bernstein Investment Research...
Macquarie Portfolio Services will launch its own version of a low cost platform in August which will offer minimum investment levels of only $2000 to access the platform....
The skill of a boutique fund manager is to find a niche and perform well within that speciality. Rural Funds Management seems to have found such a niche, as John Wilkinso...
Consistent performance combined with low volatility enabled Basis Capital to be rated the top InvestorWeb six star fund manager for hedge funds....
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has moved to clarify its attitude towards hedge fund investing after comments it made back in March alarmed investor...
Treasurer Peter Costello has announced the appointment of Dr John Laker as chairman and Ross Jones as deputy chairman of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (A...
Advisers now regard hedge funds as a mainstream investment option for capital preservation and income growth and are supporting this view with their investment choices, a...
What if much of what you knew about investing was wrong? Dominic McCormick reports....
UBS Global Asset Management has been named the InvestorWeb Research Six Star Fund Manager, 2003. InvestorWeb gave the group line honours for demonstrating broad strengths...
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...