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Winton fund returns 23.5pc

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... it can trade. Over the long term Winton's returns tend to be uncorrelated, with returns produced by traditional asset classes like equities and bonds. The Winton Global Alpha Fund has been awarded five stars by Standard & Poor's and a 'Highly Recommended' ...

AGEST quadruples cash option to $400m

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... option. "[It's] not such a bad strategy, we're just waiting for a market turnaround and then move it back to other asset classes like shares, listed property et cetera," said Seton. Looking forward, Seton said AGEST Super is hanging on to its long-term ...

QIC fixed interest bucks trend

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
... Fixed Interest Fund is going against mainstream thinking by exploiting opportunities with no correlation to major asset classes. QIC, which recently invested $500 million in US-based Global Endowment Management, has been fine tuning its investment strategies ...

Astarra opens to retail investors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
... portfolio construction during bull equity markets. "However, in periods of extended declines in the traditional asset classes of shares, property and bonds, markets are quick to recognise manager skill," said Wood. "Over the past 12 months, we believe ...

Russell and Mercer lead MM pack

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... markets, commodities and infrastructure strategies. "Generally those managers who have been early adopters of emerging asset classes, which tend to have a low correlation to traditional asset classes have outperformed those managers who continue to rely ...

US instos ramp up alts to 22pct

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... investors which plan to boost its allocation. "Surprisingly, the rate of growth of alternatives overall, and even within asset classes, seems unaffected by recent market turmoil," the survey said. "In some cases, allocation increases are the result of ...

New multi-managers challenge incumbents: S&P

... are fresh out of the trading rooms at the larger banks and are now managing funds in new regions, strategies, or asset classes, he said. "These are finding their way into multi-manager products now that new CIOs are taking the reins and updating the ...

MMC recruits McLaughlin and Frost

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
... financial services firm, MMC Contrarian creates and invests in unlisted boutique fund managers across a range of asset classes and purchases stakes in existing fund managers to generate income for shareholders. It manages $450 million in assets.

TRS pumps $1.26bn into PE

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... percent of the total portfolio as of the end of March this year. Private equity remains one of TRS's top performing asset classes, producing 23 percent returns over the one-year and three-year reporting periods ending March 31 and producing a nearly ...

Life settlements open to Aussie investors

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
... alternative investment platform for institutional investors looking to diversify following jitters in traditional asset classes. "Asset Life, through our US structure, has access to large volumes of policies that they can target in order to meet the ...