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Morphic global fund added to the Macquarie Wrap

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
The Morphic Global Opportunities Fund has been added to the Macquarie Wrap Platform, shortly after it was listed on the BT Wrap. The fund is a long-short global equities strategy with a mid-cap focus that aims to provide flexible hedging strategies ...

Regal named Australian hedge fund of the year

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... children's cancer charity Cure Our Kids. Regal took home the Australian hedge fund of the year for its Regal Atlantic Absolute Return Fund, beating out last year's winner Laminar Funds. The fund is described as an "aggressive fund that aims to generate ...

Naos to launch long/short equity LIC

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... million by the end of October from private investors, institutional funds and retail investors. Shares in the absolute return long short equity fund will be issued at $1.00 per share with expected dividend yield at a rate of 4.00% franked at the discretion ...

Volatility fund gets first ratings, platform listings

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
The Triple3 Volatility Advantage Fund has been awarded a "Recommended" rating and has been listed on two independent platforms. Triple3 chief investment officer Simon Ho told Financial Standard A that the fund recently received a "Recommended" rating ...

Throw out relative performance tables: Finsia

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... other indicators of performance used by superannuation funds that focus on the short term. "The current range of absolute return and peer-relative surveys that are published quarterly are an inadequate reporting mechanism for showing a superannuant's ...

Australian Hedge Fund Awards finalists named

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... the Australian Hedge Fund of the Year category the nominees are: Laminar Credit Opportunities, Regal Atlantic Absolute Return and Whitehaven SPC Correlation. Best Emerging Fund will be won by Ellerston Australian Market Neutral, Monash Absolute Investment ...

Hold fire: Emerging market debt set for correction

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... is free to invest across the full emerging market debt opportunity set with no bias to a benchmark. The fund's absolute return focus means it is mandated to minimize potential downside risks.

Stan Life Inv GARS added to Macquarie Wrap

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
The Standard Life Investments Global Absolute Return Strategies Australian Trust is now available via the Macquarie Wrap platform. Global Absolute Return Strategies (GARS) is a multi-asset strategy, which aims to provide positive returns irrespective ...

PineBridge launches DAA fund

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
A leading Australian public sector state fund has seeded the PineBridge Global Dynamic Absolute Return Fund. The global multi-asset class investment manager's first Australian managed fund adopts a dynamic asset allocation (DAA) investment approach ...

Legg Mason acquires UK global equity manager

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... professionals oversee a fundamental research-driven investment process to deliver index-relative, unconstrained, absolute return and equity income strategies through both segregated mandates and fund products. The firm's client base spans Australia ...