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Machine learning to revolutionise investing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... respondents are planning to increase allocations towards alternatives such as hedge funds, managed futures and alternative beta over the next 12 months, demonstrating that adviser sentiment remains positive. This was attributed to the low correlation ...

Alpha-beta split allows better asset allocation

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... external and one internal across the real return global macro strategies. But you can also allocate in to smart or alternative beta, risk parity, CTAs or managed futures funds. These managers have CPI+ return objectives and align quite closely with the ...

CFM alternative beta fund gets Lonsec approval

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
Lonsec has awarded Capital Fund Management's (CFM) Institutional Systematic Diversified Trust (CFM ISDiversified) a "Recommended" rating. The fund has been designed to offer investors a diversified portfolio of well-known and persistent alternative ...

Fees still an issue for alternatives: WTW

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
... institutional investors wishing to diversify their portfolios. A typical example of this is the increasing number of 'alternative beta' strategies - such as reinsurance, carry, value, momentum, merger arbitrage - outside of the traditional hedge fund ...

Lack of scaleability curbs hedge fund appeal

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
... including futures, equities, bonds, options, and spot and forward FX. The company newest offering, which it calls 'alternative beta', is aimed at smaller sized investors. CFM's strong data focus, however, means it has to be wary of what data it analyses ...

New alternative beta fund answers hedge fund short-comings

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... liquidity, lower fees, less complexity, scalable capacity and consistent returns over time. The firm calls it 'alternative beta'. The strategy at the centre of the CFM Institutional Systematic Diversified Trust (CFM ISD), which is marketed and distributed ...

Australian hedge funds on course to reach $100bn

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... management market," Paul Chadwick, AIMA Australia Chairman, said. "With innovative strategies coming to market, from alternative beta to strategies that target the capital lending functions once dominated by banks, we expect the number and types of hedge ...

Investors misunderstand smart beta: AXA IM

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... they are led to believe that," Hurt said. According to Hurt, the term 'smart beta' - sometimes referred to as 'alternative beta', 'enhanced beta' and even, confusingly, 'quantamental indexing' - is being hijacked by the passive community to refer to ...

Fixed income offers little equity risk protection: CFM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... interest, you need some muscle in infrastructure, private equity, venture capital, real estate and, increasingly, alternative beta," he said. The alternative beta offering that CFM is aiming at super funds is the Institutional Systematic Diversified ...

Nothing new in objectives-based investing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... limitations explains the emphasis in objectives-based investment on dynamic asset allocation, active returns and alternative beta. But recognition of importance is one thing, achievement of them is another. "Vanilla places, like equities can be a very ...