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BT adds oil and gold to super portfolios

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
... moving in the right direction across corporate credit," she said. Evans said its alternative investments, including absolute return strategies, had performed well and the research had reinforced an active position to take advantage of opportunities this ...

Zenith rates Antares Lodestar fund 'recommended'

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
Zenith Investment Partners has rated the Antares Lodestar Australian Absolute Return fund 'recommended'. The fund is managed by nabInvest boutique, Lodestar Capital Partners, and uses a stock screening process that involves quantitative analysis and ...

QIC wins $100m from QSuper

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... billion in global fixed interest for more than institutional 60 clients, this includes more than $1 billion in absolute return strategies.

Equities could deliver zero returns: JANA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... said trustees must work harder at finding "true diversification", invest in "fewer equities" and pour more into absolute return strategies. He also said that Australian property investments could be the surprise star performer in the long-term, given ...

Age of greener capitalism

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... hedge fund manager at GLG, one of the largest hedge funds in Europe, recalls his early days at Merrill Lynch when absolute return investing was a new area. "There were only two hedge fund managers in London at the time...and because they just focused ...

Instreet launches Link ARC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
Boutique fund manager Instreet taps into investor demand for more exposure into the commodities sector with a new structured product called Link ARC (Absolute Returns from Commodities). This is the fourth product from Instreet's Link series, which has ...

CAAM and Soc Gen reveal Amundi

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
CrA(C)dit Agricole and SociA(C)tA(C) GA(C)nA(C)rale have renamed their new asset management business Amundi, a firm that ranks in the top 10 largest wealth managers in the world - with Australia's CrA(C)dit Agricole arm poised to benefit from the boost ...

Investors back structured prod investments

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... Now that the firm has gained appears to have gained traction in the market, Lucas said Instreet is developing a absolute return product to add to the suite. "We're bringing out a Link version which is an absolute return structure that can perform in ...

Macq tops income sector review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
... that held higher cash weighting in the past 12 months, including the PM Capital Enhanced Yield fund and Kapstream Absolute Return Income fund, fared better than those that were fully invested. On the other side of the coin, the BlackRock Monthly Income ...

Fortitude to launch Aus equity income fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... Income fund with a twist. This month Fortitude won 2009 Hedge Fund of the Year and Best Market Neutral Fund for its Absolute Return Trust, a fund that is unfortunately a rarity in the hedge fund sector of late: it stayed well in the black for the past ...