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Industry stars recognised at 2017 MAX Awards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
... Complexity' promos. The Investment Product of the Year award went to J.P. Morgan Asset Management for the JPMorgan Systematic Alpha Fund. J.P. Morgan Asset Management head of Australia funds David Halifax accepted the award, stating: "Winning this award ...

Quant not active management blasphemy: Robeco BP

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
... that at Boston Partners. "That's the power of continuity and consistency in investments. Typically you end up with so many alpha dogs and people with ego and money and issues, and they flop around so much. We've had the same people, we grow analysts ...

Global asset management fees continue to fall

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... are under tougher scrutiny than ever and investors are increasingly reluctant to pay inflated fees for betas dressed up as alpha," bfinance director, Australia, Frithjof van Zyp said. "What our research has shown is that fees are responding to a new ...

ASX creates more opportunities for investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... fast growing, high tech industries that have traditionally been hard to get exposure to in Australia. This is providing alpha opportunities to local retail investors and fund managers alike." In 2016, the ASX completed 118 IPOs, compared to 84 on the ...

Latin America on institutional investment radar

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... King Irving Sura Pacific Alliance Fund - a long-only, benchmark and geography agnostic fund that has full conviction and is alpha driven. It is run in conjunction with Australian-based King Irving Funds Management. In Australia last week to meet with ...

Global economy biased toward active management

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... research by global asset manager Natixis found. Eight in ten (79%) investors said they favour active managers to help generate alpha in this current environment mired by low yields, China market woes and geopolitical events. About all (95%) of the 200 ...

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 ...