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Austock appoints new head

Financial services provider Austock Group has appointed Alan Sheen, a former chief investment officer at Challenger as the head of the group's asset management arm. Austock's chief executive officer Tim Boyle is banking on Sheen's experience and knowledge ...

SELECT absolute return fund gets rating tick from Zenith

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2007
Select Asset Management's (SELECT) absolute return focused Select Private Equity Portfolio (SPEP) fund has been rated recommended by Zenith Investment Partners. SELECT has partnered with private equity specialist Barwon Investment Partners to help manage ...

Antares teams with Lodestar for absolute returns

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
... alternative investment business within the NAB Group, has teamed with Lodestar Capital Partners to launch a new absolute return fund. The Antares Lodestar Absolute Return Trust aims to deliver stable absolute returns to investors over the medium to long ...

UBS Australia imports global strength

... party that's going to last forever. Sooner or later, the punch bowl will be taken away." The soon-to-launch Absolute Return fund aims to deliver around six per cent above inflation. The DAS portfolio, the fund's template, has returned an average annualised ...

MFS snaps up ex-BT hedge funds guru

... was the head of alternative investment solutions with BT Financial Group where he set up and managed the BT Global Return fund, one of the largest hedge funds in the country with nearly $1.5 billion in assets. Prior to BT, he was the Asia-Pacific head ...

Global Octance Fund takes off

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007
HFA Asset Management, a subsidiary of Australian Stock Exchange listed HFA Holdings, has released its newest absolute return product, the HFA Octane Global Fund. The new Octane Global Fund offers leveraged exposure to up to 20 managers through accessing ...

HFA absolute return fund approved by S&P

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2007
HFA's Octane Global Fund has been rated 'investment grade' by Standard & Poor's. S&P fund analyst, Simon Scott, said the the gearing and long-short strategy of the HFA Octane Global Fund meant only investors with a sound understanding of this type of ...

K2 targets retail investors

... a strong focus there, but see significant potential in the retail market," said Newman. The award winning absolute return fund manager has been on the recruitment trail in recent months. Last August it appointed Andrew Hall, former head of national sales ...

MFS broadens product range

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2007
... choose their investments and structure their portfolios," Adams said. The MFS Dynamic Growth Equity Fund is an absolute return fund-of-funds and suits investors with an investment horizon of three to five years. The fund aims to generate absolute returns ...

HFA to meet full year forecast

Less than a year since its public listing, absolute return fund manager HFA Holdings has announced it is on track to meet full year profit forecasts and has flagged upcoming changes to the management board. Listing on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) ...