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Schroders launches Schroder Australian Equity Long Short Fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021
... fundamental Australian equity strategy that we expect will perform in both growth and value style markets, with additional alpha from selective short positioning," he said. "The fund seeks to assess the underlying business fundamentals of stocks, forming ...

U Ethical hires fixed income PM

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
... managers. U Ethical deputy chief investment officer Jon Fernie said Lin's appointment will be critical in delivering alpha on a risk-adjusted basis. "Amanda's actuarial background and experience as a fund manager means she can take her mathematical ...

MFS Investment Management launches new trust

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2021
... mid-market-cap equity trust to Australian and New Zealand investors. The MFS Global New Discovery Trust aims to generate alpha by selectively investing in high-quality companies within a $1 billion to $15 billion US market-cap range. MFS Investment Management ...

Aussie fund management diversity improves: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
... funds management industry has marginally improved its gender diversity record but still has a long way to go, Citywire's Alpha Female 2021 Report reveals. The annual study of global fund managers and how well the industry is progressing with gender diversity ...

Colonial First State reports 22.4% in super returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
... 25.8% while 1965-1969 returned 21.1%. CFS general manager investments Scott Tully said active management contributed 3.6% in alpha to the FY21 returns. Tully said while CFS wants to maintain its high allocation to growth assets for younger members (for ...

Principal Real Estate wins SMA mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
... the significant dislocation in GREIT valuations in the past year) provides a perfect market for active managers to capture alpha as part of a diversified portfolio." CoreSeries offers six objective-based portfolios designed to meet the needs of a wide ...

State Super rejigs defensives

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... grade corporate credit and global investment grade structured credit. It appointed Pendal's Dynamic Income Fund and Pure Alpha Fixed Income Fund for the Australian investment grade corporate credit, and Bentham Asset Management as the manager for ...

Future Fund to hire 70 for investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
... meet our mandates in the periods ahead, we need to ramp up our activity in a number of areas particularly what are called alpha seeking strategies...so we need more staff to do that," he said, referring to external manager selection. "Thirdly, we feel ...

New Martin Gilbert vehicle strikes first deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... step since, AssetCo has acquired Edinburgh-based Saracen Fund Managers. Saracen currently operates the TB Saracen UK Alpha Fund, TB Saracen Global Income and Growth Fund and TB Saracen UK Income Fund. In total the fund have £119 million in assets under ...

Research firm launches, hires Macquarie exec

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
... London-based firm works with investment managers to see where in their investment decision-making process can deliver better alpha. Goodman said he has seen demand from assets owners for this type of offering over the last two years in Europe. With global ...