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Zenith approves six new 'unconstrained' bond funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... received ratings in Zenith's new 'Unconstrained' category. Three funds received Zenith's 'recommended' rating: GAM Absolute Return Fund, Goldman Sachs Global Strategic Bond Fund and JP Morgan Strategic Bond Fund. The remaining three received the 'approved' ...

SSFS invests in Standard Life alternative fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
State Super Financial Services (SSFS) has invested in Standard Life Investments Global Absolute Return Strategies Australian Trust (GARS) as part of a broader alternative investment strategy. SSFS did not disclose the amount invested in GARS due to ...

Federation platform adds Pengana Aussie Equities Fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
Federation Managed Accounts Platform has added the Pengana Australian Equities Fund to its offering, available for advisers and their clients. The fund has a focus on capital preservation and downside protection and has generated a return of 13.2% per ...

Kardinia appoints new investment analyst

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
... Institutional Sales. He also worked as a portfolio manager for AR Capital Management as a portfolio manager for their absolute return hedge fund. Lucas will join portfolio managers Mark Burgess and Kristiaan Rehder to make a team of three. Burgess said ...

"Boring" hedge funds shake gung-ho reputation

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... have increasingly demanded capital protection from their alternatives managers. This has led to the emergence of absolute return, targeted volatility strategies. The mandates are simply very different and that has been a game changer for the industry," ...

Standard Life Inv GARS fund recommended by Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
Standard Life Investment's Global Absolute Return Strategies Trust (GARS) has been given a 'Recommended' rating by Lonsec. The multi-asset fund aims to deliver a positive absolute return over the medium to long-term in all market conditions. It invests ...

Standard Life Inv appoints investment director

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
Global fund manager Standard Life Investments has appointed Matthew Newham as investment director. Based in Sydney, he will be responsible for developing Standard Life Investments' wholesale business across Australia and New Zealand. He commenced in ...

Magellan High Conviction fund 'Recommended' by Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
... July 2013. The fund provides Douglass a platform to enact his highest conviction investment ideas and targets an absolute return of 10% p.a. (net of fees) across a full market cycle. It's expected to hold around eight to 12 stocks. Unlike Magellan's ...

netweath platform to host SSgA Retirement Solution funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2013
... combination of active, passive and ETF investments. The SSgA Retirement Lifestyle Solutions comprise three unique absolute return strategies targeting distinct periods in an investor's life: working years in the lead-up to retirement, active retirement ...

NAB launches new set of real return portfolios

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
... inflation for investors. MLC Investment Management was first to market with a real return offer, the Long Term Absolute Return (LTAR) fund in 2005. However with the new Inflation Plus portfolios there are now three portfolios with different time horizons ...