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QIC fixed interest bucks trend

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
Traditional absolute return funds often rely on their ability to manage physical securities - but the QIC Global Fixed Interest Fund is going against mainstream thinking by exploiting opportunities with no correlation to major asset classes. QIC, which ...

Ashton in talks with BT and Macquarie

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... sectors, regions and market instruments. Similarly the Ashton Performance Fund is a global multi-strategy absolute return fund that invests across diverse sectors and regions. Both funds have performed well against the benchmark ASX 200. The Select fund ...

CAAM eyes retail

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... he said. Last year, the firm made its debut appearance in the local insto market with four offerings - an absolute return fund, global bond fund, AI diversified fund and global emerging markets offering. However Borysiewicz said insto investors are now ...

Everest B&B wins $200m Sunsuper mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
Sunsuper awarded Everest Babcock & Brown a $200 million mandate to construct an absolute return fund for the super fund. Jeremy Reid, Everest Babcock & Brown chief executive, said the Sunsuper mandate represented the firm's first Australian institutional ...

Global equities to bounce 15pct

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
... then went on to add a further 27 per cent." Falkiner Global Investors has two funds including the Australian Absolute Return Fund and the Falkiner Global Absolute Returns Fund. The Falkiner Global Absolute Returns Fund's unit price increased by 20.6 ...

Brookvine and ipac back Prisma

... last month, Ipac invested the sums with BT Grosvenor Master Fund, a global fund of hedge funds, through the BT Global Return Fund. However, it decided to use those funds to seed Prisma Global Multi-Strategy. Ipac spokesperson Mark Peterie said the decision ...

Prime Super switches custody

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
Prime Super has appointed NAB Custody Services (NCS) after switching asset consultants to change the fund's investment strategy. Prime Super chose Access Capital Advisers to provide asset consultancy services in November 2006, which resulted in a review ...

ANZ HFA alliance targets Asia

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
ANZ and international absolute return fund manager HFA Asset Management have joined forces to launch a new capital protected investment fund focused on emerging Asian economies. According to a joint statement, the ANZ Discovery Asia Fund will provide ...

Superfund Group pans for Australian gold

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
... levels at all time highs and a local equity market vulnerable to fears of a US recession a gold denominated absolute return fund with a proven strategy history presents a very attractive alternative to Australian investors." Superfund Group has developed ...

Pengana buys Saltbush

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
Pengana Capital has acquired the Saltbush Absolute Return Fund, which has outperformed the ASX 300 Accumulation Index by 6.8 per cent over the last 12 months. John Parker and Stephen Goldberg, joint portfolio managers of the fund, join the team, with ...