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Fixed income specialist wins mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
Alpha Fund Managers has awarded a mandate to a specialist equity and fixed income boutique investment manager. Premium China Funds Management's Premium Asia Income Fund was selected for its ability to manage emerging market debt sector exposure and ...

Fund managers should have personal stake: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
Fund managers should 'put their money where their mouth is' and have a personal stake in the funds they manage, Financial Standard's weekly poll results show. About 80% of respondents either agree or strongly believe this statement, indicating portfolio ...

BTIM delivers record profit despite fee pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... avoiding introducing large cap "closet index" vehicles in the country. "Where we've had success there is in highly-active, alpha-driven products. What we're selling there is outside the mainstream: We're selling Asia, Europe, we have broad-based capabilities ...

Quant manager ties momentum with machine

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... manager has turned the clock to re-evaluate its momentum strategies, using expertise in machine learning to build better alpha-capturing trading systems. In his recent trip to Australia, Man AHL chief scientist Anthony Ledford said the group recently ...

Aussie multi-manager awards global growth mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
... multi-manager funds has made a cornerstone investment in a Florida-based manager of growth equity strategies. Alpha Fund Managers, the multi-manager subsidiary of Infocus Wealth Management, has invested in DSM Capital Partners' Global Growth Equity strategy. ...

PM Capital wins global equities mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
... was awarded a new global equities mandate in recognition of its Global Companies Fund's strong performance. Alpha Fund Managers appointed the boutique firm to provide investment expertise to Alpha's diversified 'fund of fund' international equities strategy. ...

Vanguard aims to defuse the active debate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
... passive. If they do, then the decision to allocate to an appropriate active-passive mix can be further broken down into gross alpha expectations, the cost of the selected active manager, the level of active risk and an investor's risk tolerance. "We ...

Alpha FM awards Indian equities mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
An Indian equities boutique has won a mandate from Infocus Wealth Management multi-manager subsidiary Alpha Fund Managers. Alpha has taken a stake in India Avenue Investment Management's India Avenue Equity Fund, which currently invests in 51 listed ...

Rising star scores major absolute return mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... co-founders Alan Sheen and Nick Selvaratnam, will manage an absolute return strategy for Infocus subsidiary Alpha Fund Managers. Sheen and Selvaratnam were previously head of proprietary trading and head of equities respectively at Credit Suisse; their ...

GSFM scores major alternatives partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
... Using Grant Samuel Funds Management's extensive retail distribution network, Man Group will distribute its flagship Man AHL Alpha (AUD) Fund, along with future products. As a result of the partnership, Man Group's head of retail distribution Australia ...