Australia’s hedge fund industry, underpinned by Australia’s globally significant investment management industry, has grown rapidly in recent years to become the largest in Asia.

Hedge fund managers in Australia offer a wide range of strategies including: long/short; relative-value; arbitrage; event-driven and macro strategies in global and regional equities; fixed income/credit; derivatives and futures.

Australia’s hedge funds industry has attracted, and is supported by, strong service providers. Their provision of risk assessment, unit pricing and operational procedures within the sound regulatory and governance framework that underpins Australia’s financial services industry is an important aspect of the Australian hedge funds industry.