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Investor confidence hits 14 year low

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... appetite quantitatively by analysing the actual buying and selling patterns of institutional investors. A reading of 100 is neutral; it is the level at which investors are neither increasing nor decreasing their allocations to risky assets. State Street ...

Fund managers bullish on Asian bonds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
Despite fund managers remaining neutral on both equities and bonds for Q4, 75% are overweight on hard currency Asian bonds, according to HSBC's latest global manager survey. High yield bonds (90% overweight) and global emerging market bonds (70% overweight) ...

EM debt not to be overlooked: HSBC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... were underweight in emerging markets, in both equities and debt, with many needing to up their exposure just to become neutral. This is in part because of indices which evaluate weightings with a rear-view approach, he said. An alternative analysis which ...

Investor confidence index down: State Street

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... appetite: the greater the percentage allocation to equities, the higher risk appetite or confidence. A reading of 100 is neutral; it is the level at which investors are neither increasing nor decreasing their allocations to risky assets.

BlackRock earns double honours at hedge fund awards

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
The BlackRock Australian Equity Market Neutral Fund received double honours at the annual Cure Our Kids Australian Hedge Fund Awards last night, winning awards for Australian hedge fund of the year, and best market neutral fund. The wholesale fund delivered ...

APRA requirements welcomed by sector

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... billion not-for-profit super sector which includes industry, corporate and public sector funds. The FSC, AIST and the sector-neutral Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said it was too early to say whether the proposed transparency ...

Solaris appoints insto inv specialist

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... highest level of service and responsiveness for institutional clients," he added. Solaris Investment Management is a style neutral, Australian equities funds manager with $4 billion of funds under management.

Super governance Bill passes amid cries of favouritism

BEN COLLINS, MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive officer Pauline Vamos said that her organisation - a sector-neutral representative body - supported the legislation, despite many of the practices that it will implement already being common ...

AIMA helping super funds plan HF moves

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... said. AIMA will be working with the risk teams of a number of super funds on researching Australian long/short and market neutral managers in order to establish a data bank for funds looking to move out of Australian equities or fixed interest, Ivey ...

Improve risk management to target fees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... returns," said O'Connor. Responding to this, some of these fund of hedge funds are trying to better implement their market neutral strategies and "make sure that it diversifies and provides stronger returns; particularly when equities are performing ...