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HSBC opens wholesale wealth mgmt Down Under

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
... Genocchio. The Australian branch will offer products from its specialist investment businesses including Halbis (active management specialist) and Sinopia (quantitative specialist). HSBC Alternative Investments' fund of hedge funds and tailor-made institutional ...

Plato wins OptiMix mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
... prices," said Emmanuel Calligeris, head of portfolio solutions group ING Investment Management. Plato uses an active management approach with a 130/30 long/short strategy. The stock selection techniques diversify away from individual stock risk and maximise ...

QIC develops better anti-inflation strategy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
... represent a hedge against inflation, yet recent research goes against this thinking," said QIC managing director of active management Susan Buckley. "The latest research actually shows that traditional assets such as bonds, equities and property are ...

Apostle launches global small-mid cap fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
... invest in under researched companies worldwide, which is similar to Apostle Asset Management, which uses an active management style to identify cheap under researched companies. Both investment firms target a 50 per cent cumulative return over a three ...

QIC breaks away from asset norm

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
... interest, absolute return strategies and capital markets. In turn, the asset management division is made up of the active management segment, which focuses on alpha returns and strategy (beta returns). The third investment division, Capital Markets ...

RaboPlus adds BlackRock Global to platform menu

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
... shares, emerging markets and can alter its fixed income exposure depending on equity market volatility. Merging active management with globally diversified exposure to growth and defensive assets, the fund has generated gross returns of 12.36 per cent ...

Bridges takes over as Scobie departs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
... Scobie will lead QIC's global credit team and will report to Robert Jewell, who is responsible for all internal active management (macro interest rate and global credit) across more than $30 billion in global fixed interest portfolios. "Prior to his ...

Aviva Investors the new force in GAM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... managed separately and local independent teams have been developed to generate high performance returns using active management strategies. "Our business will require our people to embrace a very different perspective: one of a single business with a ...

Falkiner poised for retail growth

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2007
... the same time. He said investors can expect returns of 10 per cent from markets and three to 12 per cent from active management per annum over the next three years. Asked about his investment strategy, he explained, "The investment process is fundamentally ...

The great Australian FM shuffle

... active positions in a fund are often wound down until a replacement is found. "This means investors are paying active management fees for an extremely benchmark aware portfolio. Some managers may reduce active management fees during the period of reduced ...