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Boutique fund joins Bennelong suite

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... primarily through equities. Wheelhouse Partners provides access to the high growth asset class while accounting for market volatility, income generation, and the impact of management fees. Its initial offering, a global equity income strategy, will track ...

Watermark market neutral LIC to launch buy-back

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... said this, Watermark noted that the market neutral fund has delivered consistent positive rates of return with low volatility relative to the market despite difficult conditions for market-neutral strategies. Putting this another way, the investor update ...

HESTA sharpens focus on factor investing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... construction process were attractive in that context," HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said. Robeco already holds a low-volatility Conservative Equities mandate which is another of its factor investing products. Head of Robeco Australia, Stephen Dennis ...

Global economy biased toward active management

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
A majority of investors are turning to actively managed investments in times of economic volatility, new research by global asset manager Natixis found. Eight in ten (79%) investors said they favour active managers to help generate alpha in this current ...

Cuffe takes stake in Lennox small-cap fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... invest in businesses with earnings that are forecastable and real. This approach aims to protect investors from the volatility associated with small companies while capturing the strong returns that are available in this segment of the equity market," ...

Beware the volatility trap: AB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
Disregarding benchmarks through an upside/downside capture strategy can help investors manage volatility risk while still achieving healthy returns. Launching a new white paper on how defensive strategies can benefit Australian equity investors, AllianceBernstein ...

Millennials' financial heartache drives P2P lending

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
Poor rates on savings accounts, pricey property, and stock market volatility is leading an influx of millennial money to peer-to-peer lending. According to P2P lending platform RateSetter, millennials are coming in droves to seek out alternatives to ...

Factor investing must be long-term: Vanguard

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... over short to medium timeframes. Across the factors of value, size (small cap), low liquidity, quality, momentum and volatility - all underperformed at some point between 2002 and 2015, Vanguard said. Its research shows all six factors saw periods of ...

Decidedly undecided

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
... not only for France but on the Eurozone and the European Union as a whole - i.e., Frexit and its contagion effects. Volatility here come. Just as Napoleon Bonaparte quipped, "The most dangerous moment comes with victory."

ESG adoption grows, returns follow

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... ESG framework in an investment strategy can produce significantly improved returns and assist in the management of volatility. A global survey of 475 institutions conducted by State Street Global Advisors shows asset owners from Asia Pacific are integrating ...