Amid regulatory probe, shorts took a bite out of this Aussie fund still up 90% YTD

Michelle deBoer-Jones

Published onDecember 3, 2019

Regal Funds Management was down 8.3% for October, but it's up by more than 89% year to date, despite October's negative return.

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Regulatory investigation revealed

It was revealed late last month that the fund is under investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Equity Trustees ordered that ASX-listed Regal be halted due to an investigation by ASIC on "an undisclosed issue." Regal management confirmed the probe in a statement. The Australian regulator is examining the fund's trading in "certain securities." Trading in Regal Investment Fund was scheduled to resume on Thursday, and...

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Michelle deBoer-Jones

Michelle deBoer-Jones is editor-in-chief of Hedge Fund Alpha. She also writes comparative analyses of stocks for TipRanks and runs Providence Writing Services. Previously, she was a television news producer for eight years, producing the morning news programs for NBC affiliates in Evansville, Indiana and Huntsville, Alabama and spending a short time at the CBS affiliate in Huntsville.

Amid regulatory probe, shorts took a bite out of this Aussie fund still up 90% YTD

Regulatory investigation revealed

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