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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 ...

Small-caps can improve investment trade-offs

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... enhanced the returns of global developed market equities in both large and small-caps." The paper also goes on to say that alpha potential for global small-cap equity managers is such that it suggests higher quality active managers are likely to generate ...

Equities out, alternatives in for pension funds

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... general have had "mixed results" in equities from 2010 to 2014, and have been ramping up investment in alternatives for alpha. "With now several years of buoyant equity markets, forward-looking return expectations in equities have been lowered while ...

Good asset owners benchmarked at $30bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... asset owners do with their management process," Ford said. Among high-level decision making Ford believes the division of alpha, beta and smart allocations will become even more influential to asset owners over the longer term. He said asset managers ...

Whitehelm Capital and Prime Super partner for bond investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... "We are delighted to have closed another high-yielding infrastructure debt investment, following our financings of TDF and Alpha Trains. This is a prudently-structured, senior-ranking transaction for a mature asset with no refinancing risk, delivering ...

Acadian appoints VP

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
... portfolio management of a number of Acadian's long only and long-short strategies. He will also undertake research into alpha signals, risk modelling, portfolio construction and tax-effective income strategies. Mehra was previously a portfolio manager ...