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HESTA joins ESG social media fight

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
The $50 billion industry superannuation fund has joined a high profile group of international investors applying pressure to social media giants following the Christchurch terror attacks. HESTA announced it joined the campaign to force social media ...

Tribeca fund cops another departure, downgraded

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
Tribeca Investment Partners' $978 million Alpha Plus Fund has seen another departure from its investment team after long-standing portfolio manager Sean Fenton fled the coop earlier this month. Quantitative analyst Peter Moore resigned on April ...

Tribeca portfolio manager departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
Tribeca Investment Management's Jun Bei Liu is now the sole portfolio manager for the Tribeca Alpha Plus Fund after her co-portfolio manager stepped down. Sean Fenton has left the firm after 14 years, the boutique said in a statement Responsibility ...

Global fund launches in retail market

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
A global equity fund is now available to retail investors via the Netwealth and HUB24 platform. The Loomis Sayles Global Equity Fund targets financial advisers and direct investors. Investors Mutual Limited (IML) is the responsible entity for the fund ...

K2 posts losses, signs on distributor

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
... improvements made in FY17 and FY18." The K2 Australian Small Cap Fund lost 10.7%, the Global Equities Fund lost 8.6% and the High Alpha Fund lost 7.7%. Its Australian Absolute Return Fund lost 11.3%, the Select International Absolute Return Fund lost ...

Amundi Asset Management Australia chief exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... 2010 following a merger between Credit Agricole Asset Management and Societe Generale Asset Management. In the same year, Alpha Fund Managers added Amundi VaR8 Absolute Return Strategy to its multi-manager lineup. The Amundi strategy is a single-manager ...

Aristotle enters Australian market

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... working with asset managers that we believe have demonstrated excellence in their particular asset classes by delivering alpha and excellent client service."

Finalists unveiled for FS Investment Leadership Awards

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... Omega ratio," he said. "In some categories where there is a clear and appropriate benchmark we incorporate a beta-adjusted alpha measure as well. We don't want strategies being rewarded purely on their beta being high or low when markets rise or ...

Private markets attractive for global institutions: BlackRock

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... focus of the strategies within their equities portfolios, with a third of institutions looking to increase allocations to alpha-seeking strategies. More than a quarter of institutions will focus more on ESG strategies and impact investing. Reducing home ...

Ausbil ESG strategy advances

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 JAN 2019
... ownership by selling or reducing its stake; or take a formidable position in its long-short fund, which can potentially add alpha even though it might be a slow burn. Speaking at the G20 forum in Buenos Aires last month, Principles for Responsible Investment ...