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Alternatives managers celebrated at annual event

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
... Investment Fund of the Year, with the fund also taking out the award for Best Long Short Equity Fund and Macquarie's Pure Alpha Fund being recognised as the Best Market Neutral Fund. Other winners on the night include the Tribeca Global Natural Resources ...

Revisiting the active versus passive cage fight

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... outperforming managers. If not, one should allocate 100% to passive; if yes, one should then ask key questions about gross alpha expectation and risk tolerance prior to finding an adequate active-passive mix. "In this debate, everyone wants to be on ...

The disconnect at the heart of financial services

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... significant effects on three key areas: organisational effectiveness, employee engagement and client satisfaction. "As asset managers we want to prove we aren't an industry of leeches; that we're actually contributing to broader economic growth. But ...

Infocus subsidiary adds to multi-manager suite

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2017
... Management expanded its multi-manager suite through an investment in an ESG-aligned Australian equities fund. Alpha Fund Managers, which also recently partnered with Investors Mutual and Folkestone, invested in Australian Ethical's Australian Shares ...

Boutique manager selects A-REIT and small-cap specialists

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
Alpha Fund Managers, the funds management subsidiary of Infocus Wealth Management, has enlisted a further two funds to its multi-manager suite. The first addition is the Investors Mutual Limited (IML) Small Cap Fund, which aims to deliver consistent ...

OC Funds Management wins mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
A multi-manager appointed OC Funds Management to oversee its micro-cap strategy. Melbourne-based Alpha Fund Managers appointed OC to help deliver long-term capital growth by investing in Australian and New Zealand companies with a market capitalisation ...

The challenge of finding true active management

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
... achieve," Hall said. Third, he added, it's important to consider how portfolio managers are paid: whether on revenue or alpha generated. As Hall put it: "None of our portfolio managers are paid to gather assets." Finally, he said, investors have to consider ...

Quant not active management blasphemy: Robeco BP

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
... that at Boston Partners. "That's the power of continuity and consistency in investments. Typically you end up with so many alpha dogs and people with ego and money and issues, and they flop around so much. We've had the same people, we grow analysts ...

Global asset management fees continue to fall

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... are under tougher scrutiny than ever and investors are increasingly reluctant to pay inflated fees for betas dressed up as alpha," bfinance director, Australia, Frithjof van Zyp said. "What our research has shown is that fees are responding to a new ...

ASX creates more opportunities for investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... fast growing, high tech industries that have traditionally been hard to get exposure to in Australia. This is providing alpha opportunities to local retail investors and fund managers alike." In 2016, the ASX completed 118 IPOs, compared to 84 on the ...