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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 ...

OC partners for micro-cap fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... under-researched companies at the smaller end of the market," OC head of investments Robert Frost. "It can be challenging to generate alpha among larger, more mature companies which are heavily researched and many of our clients had been asking for a ...

Asset manager profits under pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... putting pressure on asset managers' profit margins - and may mean the industry has reached its peak. In a recent Lipper Alpha Insight discussion, Financial Conduct Authority technical specialist - investment management Jeremy Beckwith posed the "peak ...

Finding economic winners in an unpredictable world

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
Investors who try and predict macroeconomics as a source of alpha rather than focusing on long term trends will suffer in the long term. AXA Investment Managers' head of Framlington Equities, Asia, Mark Tinker told the Financial Standard Chief Economists ...

Aussie firms join gender index

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... concerned with managing operational risks and attracting and retaining staff. "As investors look for new drivers of risk-aware alpha, the demand for data around gender equality and other social and governance metrics continues to grow. The BFGEI brings ...