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Bennelong subsidiary names first boutique partners

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... firms. Established earlier this month by two former Schroders investment managers, Tellworth Investments is an absolute return fund manager investing primarily in small and mid-cap UK equities, and is the first of the two new partners. Under the partnership ...

Rising star scores major absolute return mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
An asset manager established in 2016 by Credit Suisse veterans has won an absolute return mandate shortly after receiving a superior rating from SQM Research. Dalton Street Capital, led by co-founders Alan Sheen and Nick Selvaratnam, will manage an ...

Link Fund Solutions wins first client

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
Link Fund Solutions secured a mandate from a new small-cap boutique manager, marking the service provider's first client since rebranding. Link Fund Solutions has been appointed by QVG Capital to provide fund administration and custody services for ...

Multi-asset strategy enters Aussie retail market

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
... "institutionalisation" of financial advice dealer groups has attracted a London-based asset manager to open its multi-asset absolute return fund to Australian retail investors. Already established in Australia and managing about $2.5 billion for local ...

Munro appoints new portfolio manager

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
Munro Partners, a global absolute return equity specialist, appointed a former London-based senior investment manager to the newly created role of portfolio manager. Jeremy Gibson will be responsible for championing stock ideas and managing positions ...

QVG Capital launches inaugural fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2017
Former Ausbil small-cap managers Chris Prunty and Tony Waters have launched their flagship QVG Opportunities Fund. Through the fund the duo, who left Ausbil to start their own funds management firm QVG Capital, will invest in listed Australian companies ...

Boutique appoints Equity Trustees as RE

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
... Australian equities fund manager JCP Investment Partners' retail funds: the small companies long-short strategy and the absolute return strategy. The absolute return strategy focuses on capital preservation by managing the cash equity allocation within ...

Douglass makes case for Magellan turnaround

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
Ahead of the company's annual results next week, Magellan Financial Group chief executive Hamish Douglass explained to investors why the flagship global equity fund has swung back into outperformance after disappointing returns last year. While 2016-17 ...

Grant Samuel finalises fifth partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
... range of specialist asset classes: Australian equities, global equities, global fixed income, volatility and now absolute return via global equities. "Munro brings a new capability to the opportunities we bring to investors, through a long/short international ...

Short selling is 'smart money': Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
Even though short sellers found it tough to generate absolute returns in 2016, the strategy remains an important source of returns for Australian shares long-short fund managers. A study by investment research firm Zenith found profiting from short ...