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Instos rushing to infrastructure

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
... infrastructure often provides a substantial inflation hedge. Nearly two thirds of RARE's current portfolio is directly or indirectly hedged to inflation. Investing in an asset class that provides income coupled with some growth is also another key driver ...

Free cash flow paves road to returns

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
... Echoing this belief is the Australian arm of Grant Samuel Funds Management who recently teamed up with Epoch to launch hedged and unhedged versions of a global equity shareholder yield fund. The funds are open to both the retail and institutional sectors ...

Down markets make good investments cheaper: Perennial

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... to the Perennial Investors Index, after months of volatility, April was positive for most investment asset classes with hedged global property leading the way. The index revealed growth returns of positive 3.3 per cent for April, 2.6 per cent for balanced ...

MAN hedge fund gets top rating

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... in the ratings house's hedge fund of fund scoreboard. The fund gives investors the opportunity to invest in a currency hedged "high alpha" hedge fund of fund product that should delivery strong positive returns with low correlation to mainstream investment ...

Aurora Buy-Write wins fans

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
... January' changed all that, claims Aurora Funds Management. "We are getting a lot of interest now since our trusts were hedged with put option contracts during the January share market shake out," said Hugh Latimer, director of Aurora Funds Management. ...

Currency hedging key to international returns

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2007
... languishing at the bottom. "What we're finding is the currency position, whether you actually elected to be 100 per cent hedged or zero per cent hedged, is becoming the dominant theme as to whether you're a top quartile or bottom quartile international ...

MLC property fund to stand alone

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2007
... there, and a greater demand to be able to invest in property outside of Australia effectively," he said. The fund, which is hedged to the Australian dollar, will also become available on the MasterKey platform from 1 July 2007 and will complement MLC's ...

JPMorgan banks on alternative energy returns

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2007
... and asset diversification," said Jones-Pritchard. "In addition, there is no direct currency risk as the securities are hedged to the Australian dollar." The fund invests in 15 of the largest global alternative energy companies in the energy sub-sectors ...

IXIS revises and renames bond fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2007
... bond markets and client needs." The fund's benchmark is the Lehman Brothers Global Aggregate Bond Index (Australian dollar hedged). It currently manages more than $300 million in assets.

Avoid excessive hedging: EQT

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2006
... different view. Mathew McCrum, head of fixed interest with Vanguard Investments Australia, said when bonds are 100 per cent hedged back to local currency there can be an upside in investment return for very little risk, though for equities the results ...