Category: Hedge Funds ManagersAscalon Capital Managers (Asia) has formed partnerships with two Asia-based hedge funds. The firm has taken a 30 percent equity stake in Singapore based Canning Park and a 35 percent stake in Hong Kong based Athos Capital. Canning Parkis a long-short equity manager that invests across 10 Asian markets including Australia and Japan. It deploys [...]
Caledonia Investments is introducing short-selling within its investment strategies for the first time in its 20-year history, according to the Australian Financial Review citing the firm’s letter to its investors. The move ‘partly reflects the ongoing impact of disruptive technologies on companies and industries, but more importantly, the fundamental change in the economic backdrop,’ according [...]
S&P Fund Services has released its ʻAlternatives – Futuresʼ sector review, which includes Commodity Futures, CTAs, and Global Macro funds. The review analysed 14 headline products, with three ‘NEW’ ratings on offerings from BNY Mellon, Man AHL, and Taurus. The BlackRock Asset Allocation Alpha Fund and Winton Global Alpha Fund were both rated five stars. S&P says it is witnessing increased [...]
The Australian has written a profile on Mathews Capital. Highlights… The Sydney firm has 10 full-time staff, more than $1.5 billion AUM, and a pool of investors that includes HNWIs, private companies, trusts, superannuation funds, selected institutional clients and employees own capital The firm’s Velocity Fund has returned 463 percent from inception in July 2006 [...]
The Australian Hedge Fund Operations Forum is organising a manager-only forum in Sydney on Monday 17th October. It will also host an education forum (for managers, institutional investors and service providers) on Monday 28th November. *** nabInvest has taken a non-controlling interest in Redpoint Investment Management, a quantitative-based equities investment management firm based in Sydney. [...]
Magellan Asset Management has selected Chicago-based Frontier Partners to distribute its global equity and global infrastructure capabilities to institutional clients in the US and Canada. Magellan AM is the sole subsidiary of ASX-listed boutique fund manager Magellan Financial Group. The firm has $2.6 billion under management, comprising $1.1 billion in retail funds and $1.5 billion [...]
Bennelong Funds Management is establishing a new Australian equity long/short absolute return boutique fund with Mark Burgess and Kristiaan Rehder. The pair will join the firm on 1 Sept. They were previously running the Herschel Absolute Return fund for Herschel Asset Management. *** Melbourne-based Imperia Investment Group attracted inflows of $50 million earlier in July, [...]
