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Australian hedge fund tops global ranking

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... fund globally. The natural resources fund reported a net return of 148.7% in 2016 based on a core long/short strategy in equities, credit and commodities, according to the 2017 Preqin Global Hedge Fund report. The fund invests in hard rock and soft commodities ...

BT Wrap adds absolute investment fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
... support the fund has received from financial advisers. "Our point of difference includes our absolute return Australian equities strategy whilst supporting a benchmark unaware and style agnostic approach, attempting to reliably grow investor wealth," ...

Deutsche Bank equities head departs

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
Deutsche Bank's head of equities for Australia announced his departure after 26 years at the company. Vic Jokovic joined Deutsche in 1991. Until retiring, he also held the position of co-head of global markets, Australia and New Zealand. Deutsche Bank ...

Passive is a Faustian bargain: Ariel CIO

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
Ariel Investments' global equities chief investment officer, Rupal J. Bhansali, believes passive investors have made a "deal with the devil" in focusing on lower costs at the expense of higher risks. Explaining her position, Bhansali told a media briefing ...

Mason Stevens to launch super, grows SMA menu

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
... Mason Stevens also recently added Pengana's flagship separately managed accounts offering, the Pengana International Equities Fund, to its SMA investment menu with a view to add more SMA managers in June. Another development slated for June is an upgrade ...

Minto joins EQT board

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
Equities Trustees is pressing to become Australia's leading trustee company with a major appointment to its board. Joining the EQT board as a non-executive director is former TAL managing director Jim Minto. He is also a former chair of the Association ...

Cbus names new portfolio manager

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
... a former fund manager at the family office Portland House, will join Cbus as senior portfolio manager in the internal equities team. "We are delighted to have Anthony join us the final member of the internal equities team," Cbus executive manager of ...

iShares receives 'recommended' rating

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... ETF indicates that Lonsec considers the ETFs to "offer a sound and inexpensive exposure to a portfolio of Australian equities designed to exhibit a lower volatility in returns relative to broad based market cap weighted portfolios." Head of iShares Australia ...

Perpetual growing high net worth segment

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... year-on-year, while net profit after tax was up 2% to $66 million. "We continue to lead in our core business of Australian equities asset management, professional financial advice to high net worth clients, as well as debt markets and managed funds services. ...

A tale of three PMIs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
... momentum in the world's biggest economies should provide the rising tide that lifts all boats with positive implications for equities.