In this Switzer TV interview on Monday 28 July 2014, Chris discusses:

• 6-12 month performance of Australian hedge funds.

• New product release - Prism Select portal.

• Prism Select has launched with comprehensive information and performance on a range of 14 boutique funds, enabling investors to compare and research each one, while also providing a new online application tool that revolutionises the currently confusing and time consuming paper based process of applying for managed funds.

• Prism Select also provides access to each fund's offer documents and application forms through OLIVIA123, an online application service developed by AFM which provides a customised and interactive application form for each fund, reducing the time and frustration often experienced by investors when completing paper based application forms, and cutting the errors and omissions which often delay the processing of their applications.

• OLIVIA123 consists of three modules - Data Collection, Identity Verification (AML&KYC), and Online Execution - assisting fund managers and their administrators by reducing the time and costs of processing paper based applications, including compliance with new anti-money laundering legislation.

• OLIVIA123's online, interactive system is estimated to cut the time taken to complete and process a paper based application by up to 70 per cent.

Click here to view the TV Interview.

Chris Gosselin has been in the financial markets since 1986, initially in equities broking in Sydney and Melbourne prior to focussing on information distribution. He has been in the hedge fund sector since 2003, and established Australian Fund Monitors in 2006. Australian Fund Monitors provides a range of research services including due diligence, analytics and fund rankings, servicing both local and offshore investors. 

In this Opalesque.TV BACKSTAGE video, Chris discusses:

• The wide range of strategies offered by Australian hedge funds
• The strength of the Australian regulator
• Attractive liquidity terms and general outperformance of Aussie hedge funds
• Who invests into Australian hedge funds?
• High net-worth / self directed superannuation funds: the most attractive investor base for hedge funds

Chris Gosselin has been in the financial markets since 1986, initially in equities broking in Sydney and Melbourne prior to focussing on information distribution. He has been in the hedge fund sector since 2003, and established Australian Fund Monitors in 2006. Australian Fund Monitors provides a range of research services including due diligence, analytics and fund rankings, servicing both local and offshore investors. 

SINGAPORE: Hedge fund managers said industry consolidation and increased regulatory oversight with accompanying costs are the top two challenges facing the industry in the next one to two years.

This is according to a pool of 100 hedge fund managers interviewed by accounting firm, Ernst and Young.

Read the entire article here. www.channelnewsasia.com