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IFM wins $670m super mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
... strategy to more than $1 billion. The fund was launched in 2016 and complements IFM's existing Australian Equities Extended Alpha Fund and Asia-Pacific Market Neutral Fund. "We have seen strong interest from Australian superannuation funds in our differentiated ...

BetaShares launches small-cap fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... drag on index returns, Australian small-caps is one of the few sectors where most active managers have been able to deliver alpha over the long-term."

Factor investing must be long-term: Vanguard

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... greatly," Pappas said. "What was apparent was that each of the factors we tracked had a greater likelihood of capturing alpha over the long-term, before costs. As well as emphasising the need for patience, this also highlights the value of keeping costs ...

Micro-cap fund recommended on debut

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... interest with investors. It also acknowledged the fund's ability to take advantage of low funds under management to increase alpha potential compared to some of its larger peers. "Lonsec regards this fund as a differentiated product in the micro-cap ...

BlackRock's Fink commends Aussie infrastructure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... capabilities. "We are using machine learning, artificial intelligence and advanced data processing to drive new forms of alpha generation, from monitoring satellite data of big-box store parking lots, to analysing internet searches for consumer products ...

Coolabah Capital hires former Energy Super chair

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... we don't try to produce returns by taking on duration risk, credit risk or liquidity risk." "We focus on generating pure alpha in safe and liquid asset-classes through capital gains deriving from mispriced bonds that are converging back to fair value," ...

SSGA expands active managed funds business

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... equities is tough business. There are many competitors and financial advisers are becoming more savvy on where they get the alpha versus beta returns for clients. Against that backdrop, one active specialist defied the odds, pulling more than $500m in ...

Nikko AM restructures fixed income team

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... fixed income solutions are becoming less regionally oriented, and that shared global insight is the key to fixed income alpha. This decision is reflective of that philosophy," Australia managing director Sam Hallinan said. He added the decision comes ...

BlackRock moves to machine stock picking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
... equity industry needs to change as asset managers using traditional tools and processes are limiting the ability to generate alpha and deliver on client expectations. "We are revitalising our active equity capabilities by harnessing the power of 'human ...

Younger investors flock to offshore equities

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
Generation X and Y investors have a marked preference for international stocks compared to their elders, according to the latest research from nabtrade. In the 12 months to 31 January 2017, nabtrade found Gen X investors raised their turnover of international ...