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SSGA restructure sees distribution head depart

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... Mitchell joined SSGA in 2011 and was responsible for institutional and retail investment solutions, covering ETFs, absolute return and active and passive fixed income. Prior to that, he held roles at BT Investment Management and American Express Asset ...

Ghosts of emerging markets past not worth the risk

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
Emerging markets and markets heavily affected by their performance are not worth the risk according to Bell Asset Management, who actively assess their investments for financial strength, profitability and growth. Bell Asset Management's investment ...

Pengana absolute return fund shifts to daily pricing

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
Australian funds management group, Pengana has announced that its Pengana Absolute Return Asia Pacific Fund (PARAPF) has moved to daily pricing. The move brings the fund's pricing, and processing of applications and redemptions in line with the rest ...

Monash launches absolute return LIC

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2016
Monash Investors has launched an Australian equities absolute return listed invested company. In response to demand from retail investors, The Monash Absolute Investment Company will have a similar portfolio to Monash's long short Monash Absolute Investment ...

Kardinia appoints analyst from Telstra Super

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
... Kardinia Capital has appointed a senior investment analyst. Stuart Larke joins the Bennelong Funds Management absolute return boutique from Telstra Super, where he was senior portfolio manager, Australian equities. He has also held roles at the Myer ...

Hedge funds suffer worst year since 2011

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... researcher Eurekahedge showed that its benchmark hedge fund index returned 1.56% in 2015. Though that's the worst absolute return in four years, it's still some way ahead of underlying markets; the MSCI World Index ended the year down 0.48%. Total hedge ...

Prime Super awards multi-asset mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... December 12, PineBridge Investments announced the super fund has made an allocation to its PineBridge Global Dynamic Absolute Return Fund. The objective of the fund is to achieve absolute return via "managing asset allocation market exposure and secondarily ...

Colonial First State appoints new alternatives manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... head of FirstChoice investments Scott Tully said the decision to add GAM was based on its ability to manage an absolute return fixed income mandate. "They [GAM] have managed an allocation within the FirstChoice Alternatives portfolio since 2011. We have ...

Pinebridge absolute return fund rated by Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
The PineBridge Global Dynamic Absolute Return Fund has been awarded a 'recommended' rating by Zenith Investment Partners in the research house's '2015 Multi-Asset, Real Return' sector review. This follows an 'Investment Grade' rating from Lonsec Research ...

90 West founder steps down

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... the business to return to his farming and agricultural interests. Landale founded 90 West in 2008, managing an absolute return fund which invested across mining, energy and agriculture. He brought David Whitten into the business in 2012, launching the ...