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Performance fees boost K2 profits in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
... announcement K2 said each of its funds had made a healthy return in the financial year. The K2 Australian Absolute Return Fund returned 26.1% in the full year to 30 June versus 20.7% from the All Ordinaries Accumulation Index. The K2 Asian Absolute Return ...

Great rotation is all in the mind: PIMCO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
The great rotation from bonds to equities is not happening, according to PIMCO Australia and Equities Trust (EQT). During the 2013 financial year PIMCO/EQT's Australian fixed income funds saw net inflows of over $1 billion, including almost $236 million ...

Downswing in bond yields clear path for Absolute Return Fixed Income

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
The imminent end of the bond bull-market means now is the time for investors to consider absolute return fixed income strategies, according to GAM head of structured investments Rossen Djounov. Visiting Australia from London to promote the GAM Fixed ...

Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... of these will flow onto US Treasuries. He's reportedly raised his holdings of US 10-year bonds to 33% of the Total Return Fund's assets in March because, "This BOJ printing seeps out daily into global markets as Japanese institutions which have sold ...

ETPs top $7bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
Australia's 90 exchange traded products broke through the $7 billion barrier in February. According to the ASX Listed Managed Investments and ETPs report, the sector grew 37% in the previous 12 months to $7.175 billion, a growth rate of almost twice ...

SMSFs drive ASX growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
Self Managed Super Funds (SMSF) are boosting the health of the local bourse, with $165 billion of their assets invested in Exchange products, making up 38 per cent of total exchange assets. Exchange Traded Products (ETP) is on top of the SMSF product ...

Beware complex absolute return funds: Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
As absolute return funds grow in popularity, investors must be wary of exposing to products they don't fully understand, according to Lonsec. A wealth of new outcome-based equity products has sprung up in recent years, capitalising on the disappointing ...

CheckRisk LLP announces new CEO

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... funds management industry holding senior posts with a large international fund before moving to Australian absolute return fund manager, Pengana Capital. Commenting on this appointment, Founder and Chairman, Nick Bullman said: "We are delighted to have ...

Lonsec awards 'Recommended' rating to Bennelong Kardinia fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
The Bennelong Kardinia Absolute Return Fund has been awarded a 'Recommended' rating by research house Lonsec. The fund is managed by Bennelong Funds Management's boutique, Kardinia Capital, and headed-up by Mark Burgess and Kristiaan Rehder. Lonsec ...

Liquidity comes at a price: Certitude

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... liquidity negatively impacts investment performance and volatility - hence defeating the purpose of having a true absolute return fund - by significantly overweighting to cash, and in some instances by up to 35%. He says confining investment to a narrow ...