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Antares teams with Lodestar for absolute returns

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
... Susie Fenton, formerly a highly rated quant analyst at Macquarie. Investment strategist Dennis Rope was formerly Head of Tactical allocation at AMP and has been in the industry since the '60s while chief operation officer Tony Adams was formerly managing ...

Investors extending their investment edge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
... variously as Active Extension or Edge investing, works by investors shifting their focus away from benchmarks and integrating tactical use of shorting strategies within their portfolios to supplement long investment styles. The more unconstrained investment ...

Zurich adds new Aussie managers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2007
... appointed to manage Australian fixed income and cash. "We have retained the core of an exceptional Fixed Interest and Tactical Asset Allocation team, while adding highly respected Australian managers, which we expect will enhance the funds' returns," ...

Asset Super's strategic investment shift

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
... sufficiently higher return relative to passive bonds management," said Paul. ASSET is also introducing a new $55 million Global Tactical Asset Allocation (GTAA) investment via Intech. This is on the back of a $160 million private equity programme initiated ...

Mercer awards mandate to INVESCO

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2007
... multi-strategy hedge fund is an absolute return using four broad strategies, US market neutral, European market neutral, global tactical asset allocation and diversified fixed income. The fund targets returns of 8 per cent above the cash rate.

Aon welcomes new head of wealth management

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2006
... skills to Aon's wealth management arms. "Pierre has a strong understanding of the wealth management industry, both at a tactical and strategic level," Fotheringham said. "Pierre's project management skills were also an attraction. He was the driving ...

INGIM adds to international asset management team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2006
ING Investment Management (INGIM) has appointed Steve Barraclough as senior portfolio manager, tactical strategies to bolster its international asset management team. For the past seven years Barraclough has been responsible for managing Coca-Cola Amatil's ...

Investec measures value of advice

... finding out ways to pinpoint where exactly in a client's portfolio do their advice add value, from their stock-picking and tactical asset allocation through to superannuation, estate planning and efficient tax strategies. "We stick our hand up to say ...

Lodestar absolute return fund awarded buy rating

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2006
... level of market exposure is disciplined, it is not purely based on a subjective view but on the use of their internal tactical allocation models," he said. Newham said there is an increasing trend of absolute return and more concentrated portfolios ...

Lonsec rates Mellon's experience

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2006
... Corporation, is a global macro fund predominantly made up of bonds, stocks and currencies and can be used either as a tactical asset overlay over existing portfolios or as a global macro hedge fund. Lonsec head of ratings, managed funds, Richard Everingham ...