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Australian Hedge Fund Lists
List of Hedge Funds in Australia and New
Zealand
allow you to access sophisticated
investment strategies and trading techniques, developed by
MQ Specialist Investment Management, with the potential to
generate positive returns in a variety of market conditions.
Single Strategy Funds : MQ Asia Long Short Fund, MQ Asia Statistical
Arbitrage Fund, MQ Australian Absolute Return Fund, MQ Buy
Write Fund, MQ Global Futures Fund, MQ Global Futures Fund
- Enhanced, MQ Income Timing Fund, MQ Japan Market Neutral
Fund, MQ Special Events Fund
is a fund manager based in Sydney,
Australia. The founders and principals of Affinity Capital
Partners are Jason Constable and Ben Hughes.
is Asia-Pacific's hedge fund specialist.
AIM Funds aim to generate positive investment returns, on
a risk adjusted basis, over the long term and in all market
conditions, with particular focus on capital preservation.
on a number of Multi Strategy,
Relative value and Arbitrage Funds and caters for Australian
Domestic and International investors. Basis Capital's Funds
Management (BCFM) arm was established to provide institutions
and sophisticated /accredited investors access to a unique
Asia Pacific Relative Value and Arbitrage strategy, targeting
superior risk adjusted returns, irrespective of the performance
of the key bond and equity markets.
- Proprietary & Third party
mandated hedge funds based in Auckland, New Zealand.
is an Australian based event-driven
hedge fund manager that was founded in 2001 by John McIntosh,
John Magowan and Tom Elliott. It aims to provide professional
investors with absolute positive returns in all market conditions
and with lower than average volatility. This it achieves by
focusing on corporate events including takeovers, demergers,
preference share conversions, capital raisings and sell downs.
Hedging is used on a transactional basis to eliminate as much
market risk (beta) as possible.
, founded in 1998, is an Australian based specialist
equity fund manager for private clients, financial advisers
and institutional investors. PM CAPITAL is focused on achieving
absolute after-tax returns. Within each fund we hold concentrated
positions in companies that we believe to be trading below
their long term intrinsic value.
has been established with the
objective of providing investors with consistent positive
returns in both rising and falling markets. WAB’s range
of performance over time is expected to be less variable than
traditional funds and will be determined more by its investment
philosophy and process rather than overall market movement.
Axiss Australia, Financial Services Division
of Invest Australia
The hedge funds industry forms part of Australia’s A$1.03
trillion (US$764bn) managed funds industry that has developed
in response to a growing mandatory pension fund scheme and
a large pool of high-net-worth individuals and retail investors.
Australia has been recognised as the best country in the world
for funds management firms to do business and Australia’s
contestable pension assets are set to become the largest in
Asia by 2015.
Hedge Fund News
15 February 2007. InvestorDaily
London-based hedge fund manager Trafalgar Capital Management
has set up a joint venture in the Australasian market as part
of its strategy to grow the business in the region.
FEBRUARY 13, 2007 TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Despite its small population, Australia is regarded as the
hedge fund capital of Asia. Its appealing lifestyle and ready
access to good people and ideas may help to explain this capital
conundrum. But concern remains over the funds’ proliferation
and their influence on short-term market trends.
February 08, 2007. The Australian
MANY Australian hedge funds are failing to meet accepted risk-compliance
practices meant to protect investors, according to a global
survey by accounting firm Deloitte. In a global survey of
60 hedge funds, Deloitte found most were taking risky positions
to ensure returns. Almost half the funds surveyed reported
that futures, swaps and derivatives were being held without
measuring off-balance-sheet leverage.
25 July 2006
Macquarie Bank’s Equity Markets Group today announced
that its separate hedge fund businesses, which have now passed
A$1 billion in funds under management are being combined under
the name MQ Specialist Investment Management (“MQ”).
Australian Securities Exchange
There are currently six alternative investment funds listed
on ASX, including Pengana Managers, GoldLink IncomePlus, GoldLink
GrowthPlus, Everest Babcock & Brown, Trojan Equity and
Wallace Absolute Return fund.
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