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Absolute Alpha launches new FOHF

... to keep risk down relative to but above the index level while offering returns that will be consistent, even in a bear market. The fund recommends a holding period of between three and five years. Van Eyk's head of asset allocation, Dr Peter Smith, recommended ...

Easy gains over and volatility ahead, warns Oliver

... investors that 2006 and beyond would bring returns back in check, after the high's of 2004 and 2005. He said, while a bear market is a looming possibility, the fallout will be less drastic. "The question is, do we roll into a bear market, or does it ...

Long term returns key to super

... having a long-term time horizon," it noted. Not surprisingly, the 'conservative' funds performed strongly during the bear market but came last during the bull market. For example, the top performing fund over the initial 'adverse' period was REST Core ...

Platypus enters the long-short pond

Platypus Capital Management (PCM), an Australian hedge fund firm linked to Platypus Asset Management, have launched an Australian Long/Short Fund. The Platypus Australian Long/Short Fund has start-out capital of $33 million of institutional money to ...

Lonsec prefers HFA's hedge fund of fund strategy

... respects the process has already been tested given the macro events such as the Asian crisis and 2000 - 2003 equity bear market. Through these conditions the fund has still managed to generate positive returns since inception.

GMO a consistent modest performer

Morningstar has awarded the investment strategy of GMO's Australian Small Companies fund a 'recommended' rating believing the fund will produce consistent moderate long-term performance. The manager uses four research signal streams to select stocks. ...

IML highly recommended for the long haul

Morningstar has awarded a 'highly recommended' rating to both IML's Smaller Companies and Future Leaders strategies. The ratings house states the 'icing on the cake' for the smaller companies approach is the low portfolio turnover with investors losing ...

Zenith rates Macquarie Morgan Stanley Global Franchise Fund as 'highly recommended'

Zenith has given the Macquarie Morgan Stanley Global Franchise Fund (GFF) a 'highly recommended' rating and has included the fund on its elite "Best of Breed" Recommended List. The fund employs an investment approach that concentrates on high quality ...

Maple-Brown Abbott goes the distance

... up positions in stocks that are out of favour. As such this Australian Equity Trust generally performs better in a bear market. Recent assessments reflect this characteristic as the manager has outperformed its benchmark 75 per cent of the time during ...

Alliance a work in progress

... to invest in former market winners CSL, News Corp and the Mayne Group, all of which performed very badly during the bear market. High staff turnover has also hurt the fund with seven out of the eight-member investment team having less than two years ...