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Prodigy folds, two boutiques to shut

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... Equus Point Capital was set up by Rob Stewart, formerly of CFSGAM and Challenger and Toby Masters. They ran a market neutral fund benchmarked to cash. It has returned -4.03% so far this financial year, to February end. Prodigy was an 80/20 joint venture ...

Watermark closes chapter on global equities

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
... equity strategy exit and bid farewell to several directors. Watermark's Global Leaders Fund (WGF) and Market Neutral Fund (WMK) were removed from the ASX at the close of trade yesterday. The funds had about $72.8 million and $69.5 million in assets ...

Mixed year for local market neutral funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
Australian market neutral funds returned a disappointing -3.2% last year on average but the style still remains an important portfolio diversifier, according to Zenith head of equities Quan Nguyen. The -3.2% after fee returns are roughly in line with ...

Firetrail to launch $305m IPO

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... boutique's investment team is led by Patrick Hodgens, Blake Henricks and James Miller, who ran Maquarie's market neutral fund. The investment team and their associates will take up at least 500,000 shares ($1 million of the $304.5 million IPO) ...

Former Macquarie equities team launches boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
... have Miller and Hodgens as portfolio managers, aiming to hit positive return in all market environments. The market neutral fund will take long and short positions in local and international markets, and may use derivatives to manage exposures. It will ...

Watermark hires global equities lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... difficult conditions for market-neutral strategies. Watermark's other funds include: Australian Leaders Fund, Market Neutral Fund, and Market Neutral Trust.

Alternatives managers celebrated at annual event

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
... out the award for Best Long Short Equity Fund and Macquarie's Pure Alpha Fund being recognised as the Best Market Neutral Fund. Other winners on the night include the Tribeca Global Natural Resources Fund which was named Best Emerging Manager, Aberdeen ...

Watermark market neutral LIC to launch buy-back

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... "lack of exposure to the rising market in the second half of 2016." Having said this, Watermark noted that the market neutral fund has delivered consistent positive rates of return with low volatility relative to the market despite difficult conditions ...

IFM wins $670m super mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
... was launched in 2016 and complements IFM's existing Australian Equities Extended Alpha Fund and Asia-Pacific Market Neutral Fund. "We have seen strong interest from Australian superannuation funds in our differentiated investment approach with its blend ...

Bennelong fund founder resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
The founder of Bennelong's Long Short Equity and Market Neutral funds has retired after 15 years with the firm. Richard Fish will step down as of 1 July 2017, though remain as a director of Bennelong Long Short Equity Management, substantial investor ...