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Superfund opens alternatives fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
Superfund Group is launching its Super Alpha Fund 1, providing investors with access to managed futures and market neutral long short strategies that have delivered more than 13 per cent per annum for more than a decade. The fund's strategy is based ...

Hedge funds to beat

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... Fund Winner Mathews Sabre Fund Finalist H3 Japan Fund Finalist Portfolio Partners High Growth Shares Trust Best Market Neutral Fund Winner Bennelong Long Short Equity Fund Finalist Fortitude Capital Absolute Returns Trust Finalist BGI Total Return - ...

SELECT expands senior team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
... offered by Gottex Fund Management&[which] now have over $17.3 billion in funds under management, mainly in their market neutral fund of hedge funds," he said. Foley said the Select Diversified and Alternatives Portfolios has performed well in the last ...

JPMorgan Chase launches IPO STRATAS

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... 500, which returned 3.62 per cent per annum in the past five years. "One of the benefits of this offering is the market neutral nature of the equity asset, which means impressive returns do not require bullish market conditions," Jones-Prichard said. ...

QIC and QSuper pour $28b in alpha-beta mandates

... in alpha strategies, including fresh mandates to Skyhawk, for a US small cap mandate and Clarivest, for a global market neutral mandate. QIC also topped their existing mandate with Numeric Investors and awarded a new $250 million mandate to UK-based ...

MFS goes on a shopping spree

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
... subsidiary MFS Alternative Management entered into an agreement to acuire 40 per cent of the shares in Australian equity market neutral fund manager Fortitude Capital. Also this week travel and hospitality company Stella Group, a division of MFS, launched ...

Mercer awards mandate to INVESCO

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2007
... construction process." The INVESCO multi-strategy hedge fund is an absolute return using four broad strategies, US market neutral, European market neutral, global tactical asset allocation and diversified fixed income. The fund targets returns of 8 per ...

SELECT tops hedge fund ratings

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
... have topped Standard & Poor's (S&P) hedge fund rankings with both receiving five star ratings. The Select Gottex Market Neutral Fund and a two times leveraged version of the fund, the Select Gottex Enhanced Market Neutral Fund, both received the top ...

Basis Capital takes top hedge funds honour

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2006
... International Absolute Return Fund - Best Long Short & Absolute Return Fund Award - Hayberry Australian Equity Fund - Best Market Neutral Fund Award - Fortitude Capital - Best Global Macro / Futures Fund Award - Merrill Lynch Asset Allocation Alpha Fund ...

BT backs new hedge fund

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2006
... flagship Voyager Pan Asia Fund. The long-short equities fund, run by Voyager's seven person investment team, is market neutral and invests in Pacific Rim countries, targeting returns of 15 per cent per annum with 10 per cent or less volatility. Voyager ...