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BetaShares launches small-cap fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... drag on index returns, Australian small-caps is one of the few sectors where most active managers have been able to deliver alpha over the long-term."

BlackRock moves to machine stock picking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
... equity industry needs to change as asset managers using traditional tools and processes are limiting the ability to generate alpha and deliver on client expectations. "We are revitalising our active equity capabilities by harnessing the power of 'human ...

Asset manager profits under pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... putting pressure on asset managers' profit margins - and may mean the industry has reached its peak. In a recent Lipper Alpha Insight discussion, Financial Conduct Authority technical specialist - investment management Jeremy Beckwith posed the "peak ...

Alpha generation to trump in 2017

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... correlations across stocks and bonds." "This is critical for fundamentally-based managers, like stock pickers, that can demonstrate alpha generation on both sides of their portfolios," he explained. He added that 50 South, which is Northern Trust's wholly-owned ...

Tribeca expands natural resources investment team

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... experience to the role. The entire Tribeca team will benefit from the appointments, and the Smaller Companies Fund, the Alpha Plus Fund and the Global Total Return Fund will also draw on resources and content from this team." Tribeca has been expanding ...

Software provider signs four Aussie hedge funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
An international cloud-based software provider will expand into Australia via four newly-signed hedge fund clients. Driven by the demand for affordable, institutional quality integrated OMS and PMS software, Singapore-based AlphaDesk began actively ...

AMG CEO says alpha is all about people

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
... billion Affiliated Managers Group, Sean Healey, says the secret to his firm's success was recognising people and culture drive alpha generation. Healey, who joined AMG in 1995 from Goldman Sachs, was visiting Sydney to celebrate the 10th anniversary ...

EM currencies potential alpha source

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... in the late 1990s and 2000s, the majority of EMD managers are underweight this segment, providing substantial scope for alpha. Osses believes the bias toward EMD hard currency is unjustified as, while it may be the most popular, it is also the most mature ...

Alphinity funds added to mFund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
... investors, and now we are growing our penetration into the retail market. Our funds provide consistent performance and genuine alpha, over a long period of time, and that's what advisers and their clients are looking for in today's volatile market," ...

PM Capital LIC director resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
A director of the PM Capital Asian Opportunities Fund has stood down. Andrew Reeve-Parker tendered his resignation from the ASX-listed fund, effective from the listed company's annual general meeting today. Reeve-Parker has been with PM Capital Asian ...