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Local hedge funds fighting for insto attention

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
... Fund: Alexander Funds Management - Alexander Credit Opportunities Fund Bluebay Asset Management LLP - The Bluebay Credit Alpha Long Short Fund Equity Trustees - The Spectrum Strategic Income Fund Best Global Macro/Futures Fund: Man AHL Evolution Programme ...

Whitehelm appointment and acquisition

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016

Magellan eyes 'exponential growth' from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
Magellan's positions in Tesco and Lloyds Banking Group have hurt the group's flagship Global fund as the pound has plunged in the wake of the Brexit vote, but chief executive and chief investment officer Hamish Douglass has his sights on more exciting ...

Advisers need to leverage enormous ETF winds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... explained in the US money is being placed in low cost beta products, ETFs and other index funds, and into high conviction alpha products or products that are benchmark unaware or have tracking error bans. "In the US last year across the three buckets ...

Fees still an issue for alternatives: WTW

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
... other investors, such as insurers and sovereign wealth funds, wanting to make the most of market volatility and associated alpha opportunities..." While investors continue to look for diversity, the higher fees associated with alternative asset classes ...

Aussie investors list operational alpha among top priorities

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
... believes Australian investors are seeking both new and non-traditional asset classes as a priority to generate income and alpha increases. Recently appointed Bloomberg AIM global head Steve Ioannou also said the way Australian investors access these ...

Flinders fund added to Macquarie Wrap

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
... changing funds management landscape has left a gap for a new boutique incubator to emerge focusing on higher conviction, alpha seeking and absolute return strategies. We are pleased a platform like Macquarie will back new managers that are performing ...

Fixed income, smart beta need better access

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... investing to access those factors in markets." "It occupies that middle ground between true market cap based passive and true alpha generating active. The industry in some cases has managed to sell systematic factors as active or alpha in the past. We ...

PE and VC critical to Aussie growth: AVCAL

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... investors are challenged with creating portfolios capable of withstanding global market volatility while still able to generate alpha in order to achieve their overall investment objectives. Australian venture capital and private equity have generated ...

LGIAsuper awards emerging markets mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... the $9.5 billion super fund to deliver its Emerging Markets Leaders Strategy for members. The strategy has delivered 7% alpha, annualised, since its establishment in 2011 and holds 30 to 40 stocks at any given time. As at 31 March 2016, the strategy ...