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Hedge funds face brain drain

LAURA MILLAN, MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
Hedge funds should be thriving in the unusual low return environment. But instead of turning to the rock stars of funds management, investors are choosing safer and cheaper options. As managers warn about an Australian brain drain, experts talk about ...

Australians making more money from investing than working

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... happening nationally, even a more subdued assessment on national house prices added to this year's 10% average super fund return fund means that in 2014-15 the investment income the average Australian has just earned is about equivalent to the national ...

BMO to manage ESG for $53bn NZ funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... global investors. BMO opened its Australian office in July 2013 and operates both the BMO Pyrford Global Absolute Return Fund and BMO LGM Global Emerging Markets Growth and Income Fund. It continues to service both institutional and intermediary inve ...

Bill Gross donates $867m to charity

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... what we can do with the rest of the world, to help others." Gross built his fortune as manager of the Pimco Total Return fund, which was the world's largest bond fund until recently. Gross did not reveal who will be the beneficiaries of his fortune ...

Vanguard overtakes PIMCO as largest bond manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... heights when Vanguard overtook PIMCO as the world's largest bond mutual fund. April data showed that PIMCO's Total Return Fund was holding $110.4 billion, while Vanguard's Total Bond Market Index Fund held $117.3 billion. PIMCO's funds have experienced ...

Fulcrum launches multi-asset inflation plus fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... Fulcrum Asset Management has launched a global multi-asset fund for local investors. The Fulcrum Diversified Absolute Return Fund is based on the existing Fulcrum Diversified Absolute Return strategy, which was launched in the UK in 2008. It aims to ...

Aviva launches first in range of new funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... its first product among what is going to be a multi-strategy range. The Aviva Investors Multi-Strategy (AIMS) Target Return Fund is aiming to deliver returns of 5% per annum above the Reserve Bank of Australia base rate over any rolling three-year period. ...

Standard Life absolute return bond fund added to platform

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
The Standard Life Investments Absolute Return Global Bond Strategies (ARGBS) has been added to the Macquarie Wrap platform. ARGBS is the second multi-asset fund from Standard Life Investments available to wholesale investors, following strong demand ...

Invesco launches multi-asset targeted return fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
Invesco has launched its multi-asset Global Targeted Returns Strategy to the local market. The Fund, which opened on 27 February, targets a gross return of 5% over the Bloomberg AusBond Bank Bill Index (cash +5%) over a rolling, three-year period. Crucially ...

Risk not the endgame

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
A young Australian boutique absolute return fund rapidly establishing a mark for outperformance highlights how new funds have to deliver something very special if they want to be noticed. Auscap Asset Management is a small absolute return long short ...