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MAN hedge fund gets top rating

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... diversified portfolio, said Davis. This higher alpha objective is facilitated by a relatively concentrated and flexible tactical asset allocation approach. "While the fund is a new product with a limited track record the underlying master fund that this ...

Aberdeen adds to fixed income Core

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
... sectors are not very correlated to one another. Also you can take advantage of changes in the economic cycle through using tactical asset allocation." According to Bovingdon, the fund employs a unique derivative strategy which combines an interest rate ...

First Quadrant launches fund for all seasons

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
... advantage of a combination of breadth, liquidity and low transaction costs which, put together, allows us to be more tactical and opportunistic than most other investment approaches can be," he said. First Quadrant manages $47 billion in assets for international ...

Intech alt fund posts 16pc

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
Intech's flagship alternatives fund, the Global Tactical Strategies Trust (GTS), has finished its first year on a high, with a return of 16.16 per cent for the the year to end September. The absolute return, multi-manager fund delivered much of its ...

ING IM tailored to suit

... investment strategy will take on the new role of chief investment officer, macro and implementation. He will continue to head tactical asset allocation but will also be in charge of a new area called portfolio implementation. McClatchy stressed that ...

CFS awards $450m portable alpha mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
... various sectors and global markets. It will use both top-down allocation decisions and bottom-up security selection on a tactical and strategic basis. Robert Waldner, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group senior vice president and portfolio manager ...

ING hires former CFS currency exec

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
... has appointed Dan McCarthy to senior portfolio manager within its international equities team. McCarthy will manage the tactical strategies area within the international equities team beginning on September 18. He previously managed Colonial First State ...

WRF taps demand for alternatives

... property and currency markets, quantitative portfolio optimisation methods. He was also responsible for the group's Global Tactical Asset Allocation derivative overlay. "Mr Kluge's appointment is clearly a coup for the business, its staff, investors ...

No multi-sector managers deserve five-stars: S&P

... its new methodology where fund managers were rated based on their underlying asset capabilities and second, on their tactical asset allocation (TAA) approach. Asked why nobody earned a five-star, S&P Fund Services' associate director Marcus Hanel said ...

Asset Super takes cash and splits

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2007
... and domestic equities and property in February this year. Last month also saw them introduce a new $55 million Global Tactical Asset Allocation investment, divided between Mellon, Barclays Global Investors and AQR.