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The disappearing act of lose-lose funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... be changing their product-mix and at least one in four will be expanding their suite of tailored products and absolute return strategies, the research found. On fiduciary duty - a central plank in the regulatory reforms to be introduced in the US, UK ...

Fortitude launches retail offering

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... manager at Fortitude Capital, said the firm is launching a retail version of its flagship fund, the Fortitude Absolute Return Trust. Hure also confirmed that the firm, which recently announced it was merging with Aurora Funds, is in talks with BT and ...

JANA adds to investment team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... JANA also hired Ann Marco as a quantitative analyst and will become involved in the quantitative services and absolute return research teams. Prior to this role, Marco worked at National Australia Trustees across investment portfolios. Meanwhile, Mary ...

Future Fund chair attacks RSPT

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... low levels of direct property and infrastructure assets, instead preferring to hold its alternative assets in absolute return funds. It is now Australia's biggest hedge fund investor. Politics aside, Murray's comments referring to the inter-generational ...

Western Asset seeks ops in volatile markets

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
One of the world's largest fixed-income managers, Western Asset Management, has launched a new absolute return credit fund aimed at exploiting credit opportunities amid volatile markets. Speaking at the Legg Mason Investment Symposium in Sydney yesterday ...

GESB hires two investment strategists

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... Coronation Fund Managers in South Africa, where he spent the past 10 years as a portfolio manager and joint head of the Absolute Return Unit. Prior to his appointment at GESB, Schultz helped establish and manage a multi-strategy hedge fund in South Africa ...

Maritime consolidates alternatives and ARFs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
The $3 billion Maritime Super has consolidated the Absolute Return Funds and Alternatives asset classes within its investment options lineup. According to a statement, the fund's trustee board approved the consolidation for reporting and monitoring ...

Alpha Fund Managers signs Amundi

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
Alpha Fund Managers has added Amundi VaR8 Absolute Return Strategy to its multi-manager lineup. Richard Borysiewicz, chief executive at Amundi Asset Management Australia, said the VaR8 strategy was launched in 2007 and has more than $60 million in funds ...

Fortitude and Aurora merge to create $570m manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... Funds on the ASX. Fortitude has $60 million in funds under management across a number of strategies including an Absolute Return fund, an Equity Income fund and an individual mandate. Aurora provides access to a number of strategies including the Aurora ...

Fortitude close to deal with dealer group

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
... Capital is close to signing a deal with a financial planning dealer group to provide access to the fund manager's Absolute Return Trust. John Corr, managing director and chief investment officer at Fortitude Capital, said the hedge fund's traditional ...