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Global manager receives makeover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... each with its own unique process and culture, helps capitalise on the diverse and unconventional thinking that can lead to alpha generation." Natixis has also established a new research division, the Natixis Investment Institute, combining the behavioural ...

BNP Paribas Asset Management restructures for efficiency

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... said. "Combining our capabilities into a single investment group will allow us to better meet investors' needs by generating alpha and revenue, protecting capital, controlling risk and providing beta exposure. Our 'quantamental' approach combines the ...

ARCO Investment Management launches new strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... Colman said. The key objectives of the fund are to deliver steady, compounding investor returns over time through stock alpha generation, with a principal focus on preserving capital with lower volatility compared to the broader equity market, ARCO co-founder ...

Perennial makes two senior equities appointments

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... said Oshry "has a very successful track record as a fund manager. The Perennial Value Smaller Companies Trust has delivered alpha of 8% per annum under his leadership and funds under management have grown from $10 million to some $550 million." "Grant ...

BTIM delivers record profit despite fee pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... avoiding introducing large cap "closet index" vehicles in the country. "Where we've had success there is in highly-active, alpha-driven products. What we're selling there is outside the mainstream: We're selling Asia, Europe, we have broad-based capabilities ...

Quant manager ties momentum with machine

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... manager has turned the clock to re-evaluate its momentum strategies, using expertise in machine learning to build better alpha-capturing trading systems. In his recent trip to Australia, Man AHL chief scientist Anthony Ledford said the group recently ...

Market neutral isn't always the neutral: Alleron

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... illustrate, Littler pointed to data on his firm's Australian Eagle Trust Long-Short Fund, in which shorts have negative alpha correlation to the long portfolio, shoring up the latter during market downturns. As at July 2017, the fund returned 24.48% ...

Aussie multi-manager awards global growth mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
... specialising in multi-manager funds has made a cornerstone investment in a Florida-based manager of growth equity strategies. Alpha Fund Managers, the multi-manager subsidiary of Infocus Wealth Management, has invested in DSM Capital Partners' Global ...

PM Capital wins global equities mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
PM Capital was awarded a new global equities mandate in recognition of its Global Companies Fund's strong performance. Alpha Fund Managers appointed the boutique firm to provide investment expertise to Alpha's diversified 'fund of fund' international ...

First State Super appoints head of investment strategy

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... suite. First State Super head of growth assets Rob Credaro said the mandate represented part of an initiative to pursue alpha-generating opportunities that complement the fund's existing global equities portfolio. "Our recently completed review focused ...