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EQT signs RE deal with Martin Currie

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
... signed an agreement with Martin Currie Investment Management to act as the responsible entity for the firm's global alpha fund. Based in Scotland, Martin Currie Investment Management (Martin Currie) manages roughly $30 billion in active equity portfolios ...

Currency replaces fixed income

... Stanley's London-based currency expert Alex Davey was in Australia this month to talk about the group's newly-launched FX Alpha fund range. The funds, Alpha and Alpha-plus, were launched in the US and Europe more than a year ago. They were launched in ...

Russell appoints CIOs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... to support Caspar's regional input. "As well as being the key architect in launching and managing Russell's portable alpha fund, Symon has developed a strong, long term investment performance track record," said Gunning. These appointments follow the ...

BlackRock fund treads allocation balance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2008
Global investment manager BlackRock adjusts the nuts and bolts of its asset allocation alpha fund so that the fund can comfortably ride out the volatile markets. Speaking at a BlackRock conference in Sydney yesterday, BlackRock head of asset allocation ...

Morgan Stanley launches new FX strategy

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... returns independent of economic conditions or cycles. Available in two versions in Australia, the Morgan Stanley FX Alpha Fund aspires to target a gross annualised return of four per cent above the UBS Australian bank bill index, with an estimated value ...

QIC invests in UK pure alpha fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
QIC has awarded a $250 million mandate to UK-based asset manager Henderson Global Investors' Global Equity multi-strategy fund. The fund is a pure alpha strategy using fundamental, liquidity, relative value and event driven strategies, with a yearly ...

Mellon scores Asset Super mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2007
... bonds, which has been a great diversifier of people's portfolios." Mellon also has a retail version, the Advance Global Alpha Fund, which uses the same alpha sources, but with different benchmarks. Where the Global Alpha Trust uses cash as its benchmark ...

DeAM sets sights firmly on alternatives

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2007
... Poor's placed the affected Deutsche funds' ratings 'on hold'. The on hold funds are the Deutsche Australian Equities Alpha Fund, the Deutsche Australian Small Companies Fund, the Deutsche Cash Plus Fund and the Deutsche Australian Fixed Interest Fund. ...

Lonsec rates Mellon's experience

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2006
Advance Asset Management's Global Alpha Fund has been given a recommended rating by Lonsec following a review of the management team and processes. The fund, managed by Mellon Capital Management Corporation, is a global macro fund predominantly made ...

Basis Capital takes top hedge funds honour

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2006
... Market Neutral Fund Award - Fortitude Capital - Best Global Macro / Futures Fund Award - Merrill Lynch Asset Allocation Alpha Fund - Best Fund of Fund 2006 Award - Asia Pacific Australian Equity Opportunity Fund Series 1 - Best Investor supporting Australian ...