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Inalytics develops new data-driven model

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022
... screen and monitor asset managers. The model, 'DECSIS', analyses the four core investment decisions and processes - or 'alpha drivers' - Inalytics has found to have the potential to generate alpha in equity portfolios: stock picking, sizing positions ...

Allianz subsidiary, former portfolio managers charged over massive fraud

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
... and Exchange Commission charged Allianz Global Investors and three former senior portfolio managers over the "Structured Alpha" strategy that was exposed as fraudulent by the March 2020 crash. The fraud is believed to have started in January 2016. The ...

Stock picking dominant source of alpha: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
Stock picking is the main source of alpha in about 90% of institutional portfolios, a research firm has found. Analysis of 752 equity mandates by Inalytics, including several managed on behalf of Australian institutions, found 88% of portfolios generated ...

Alpha females

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... sacrificing returns. This is where investing with gender in mind can pay on both fronts, with research showing it delivers alpha while also having a positive social impact. "If you're not making a workplace culture that supports different people to rise ...

Magellan shuns turnaround companies

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
... Hamish Douglass continues to take a contrarian stance by shunning "turnaround companies", claiming they make it difficult for fund managers to be profitable. A company in the process of turning around its operations are typically over-earning and forced ...

Fidelity launches active ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
Fidelity International has launched one of its managed funds as an actively managed exchange-traded fund on the ASX. The Fidelity Global Demographics Fund listed on the ASX as FDEM. It invests in up to 70 global stocks and aims to beat the MSCI All ...

New boutique at Pendal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
... a team of four. As such, Gor is now head of alternative duration, a newly formed boutique looking after the Pendal High Alpha Fixed Income Fund. In a statement to Financial Standard, Pendal Australia chief executive Richard Brandweiner said: "Vimal Gor ...

Schroders launches Schroder Australian Equity Long Short Fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021
... fundamental Australian equity strategy that we expect will perform in both growth and value style markets, with additional alpha from selective short positioning," he said. "The fund seeks to assess the underlying business fundamentals of stocks, forming ...

U Ethical hires fixed income PM

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
... managers. U Ethical deputy chief investment officer Jon Fernie said Lin's appointment will be critical in delivering alpha on a risk-adjusted basis. "Amanda's actuarial background and experience as a fund manager means she can take her mathematical ...

MFS Investment Management launches new trust

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2021
... mid-market-cap equity trust to Australian and New Zealand investors. The MFS Global New Discovery Trust aims to generate alpha by selectively investing in high-quality companies within a $1 billion to $15 billion US market-cap range. MFS Investment Management ...