Category: UncategorizedThe Australian media’s recent love affair with hedge funds is continuing. The latest positive reports include; The Australian profiled Kardinia Capital, the underlying manager for the Bennelong Kardinia Absolute Return Fund, a long-short Australian equity fund. The $20 million wholesale fund is led by Mark Burgess and Kristiaan Rehder, and is supported by Bennelong Funds [...]
Preqin and Global ARC have released a 24-page in-depth study of Asia-Pacific institutional investors in hedge funds. Highlights; Hedge fund performance fell short of investment’ expectations but their confidence in hedge funds remains strong. 37 percent of Asia Pacific investors intend to increase allocations to hedge funds. Global macro is the top strategy sought by [...]
Investor sentiment fell below levels reached during the global financial crisis (GFC), according to CoreData’s fourth-quarter Investor Sentiment Report. The report showed a record low Investor Sentiment Index of -22.4, just below -22.3 reached in the first quarter of 2009. The index, established in 2005, gauges the confidence of 843 people nationwide across demographics, and [...]
Preqin has released a research report based on interviews with 70 leading investment consultants in private equity, private real estate, infrastructure and hedge funds. Highlights… • Hedge fund investment consultants feel that the more established markets in the regions of North America (77 percent) and Europe (60 percent) will present the best investment opportunities in the asset class over the next 12 months. [...]
