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Schroders launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... 80% of assets are owned by retail investors creating an opportunity for more experienced institutional investors to add alpha and this has been the case in recent years with active managers generating strong returns above benchmarks." He added that China ...

WTW commits to net zero

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... climate issues is resolved. "In particular, we think that understanding this transition will be one of the biggest sources of alpha across all asset classes and that this opportunity is likely to be greatest in the next few years," he said. "We will ...

Instos seek unique alternatives

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... environment, the shift to private asset classes and other alternatives has accelerated as more investors search for sources of alpha that are "idiosyncratic"- that is, not strongly correlated with other assets. "Rather than tapping private markets opportunistically ...

Northern Trust AM's stellar year

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... very nature have much larger capacity [because] they hold large number of very small active positions in looking for active alpha," he said, comparing it to fundamental managers who hold big positions in fewer stocks. Other factor-based funds management ...

Aberdeen Standard rejigs Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
... are not being properly captured by MSCI. "ESG isn't just about risk mitigation we are [heading] to the next step which is alpha generation," she said. Aberdeen's Australian equities team manages about $1 billion, of which the majority is in its small ...

Ardea launches fund to European investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
... version of its Ardea Real Outcome Fund for European investors, leveraging the services of Fidante Partners. The Ardea Global Alpha Fund invests in government bonds and related derivatives and will be distributed to European investors via Ardea's ...

Investors on red alert despite vaccines

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... view market risk as an opportunity, while acknowledging close analysis is required to uncover the opportunities to generate alpha for clients," he said.

Rest extends State Street relationship

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
... director Asia Pacific Cameron Field. Rest already uses State Street for custody, and a data management via the State Street Alpha Data Services to Rest. In November 2020, NAB Asset Servicing also signed up for Charles River IMS to help institutional ...

State Street launches new data platform

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... management and warehouse solution for institutional investors, partnering with Snowflake and Microsoft Azure. The State Street Alpha Data Platform combines data from multiple sources in the investment process (internal and third parties services) to ...

Man GLG launches Asia strategy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... styles will perform. Swan believes equity markets in the Asia region have significant opportunities for stock picking and alpha. The strategy will be adapted to ensure the most favourable factors are overweight relative to the benchmark. "Many of the ...