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Prime Super awards multi-asset mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... objective of the fund is to achieve absolute return via "managing asset allocation market exposure and secondarily through alpha generated from selected investment strategies," according to PineBridge's statement, and to deliver CPI plus 5% (before fees) ...

Martin Currie completes PK Investment Management deal

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016
... combined experience of the Japanese market. Kirkby has also been appointed as lead manager of the Legg Mason Japan Absolute Alpha Fund - the Luxembourg domiciled UCITS fund. Andy Sowerby, head of sales and marketing at Martin Currie said: "This is an ...

AB wins industry fund mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... service which aims to improve risk-adjusted returns in multi-manager portfolios without reducing the potential to generate alpha. The service applies a "disciplined quantitative process" combining AB's proprietary risk and alpha models. It aims to reduce ...

Bennelong appoints distribution director from CFS

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... research. "Jonas is a great fit for the business culture, which strives for excellence in delivering best in class, high alpha investment managers and products," said Bennelong head of distribution Andrew Aitken.

Advice beats alpha as retirement income source

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
Financial advice, and not investment alpha, is what ultimately delivers better retirement incomes for superannuation fund members, SuperEd co-founder Jeremy Duffield said. "Advice can make a bigger difference to retirement income than investment management," ...

OneVue sees growth in RE services

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... "We believe this demand for alternative products is firmly linked to market volatility and investors seeking lower risk, alpha style opportunities, whilst investing outside of Australia has been driven by attractive opportunities and valuations in certain ...

New alternative beta fund answers hedge fund short-comings

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... since the development of reliable, systematic implementation technologies. In short, many hedge fund managers are charging alpha fees for beta return sources that can be harvested cheaply. Furthermore, alternative beta strategies ask questions of traditional ...

Pengana aims to lead global small cap groundswell

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... of choices, the value-add we provide is to target a small number of out-sized opportunities that will deliver a very high alpha return over time that is prima facie of where active management should operate."

Appetite for international shares up 50% with major broker

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
CommSec, Australia's largest online broker, has seen a sharp increase in demand for foreign owned shares. The number of customers opening up international trading accounts has grown almost 50% in the past six months, compared to the preceding half year ...

Aberdeen Australian equities fund upgraded

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... exposures. "There are some compelling reasons for investing outside the top 20 Australian stocks. Our research shows that alpha potential for active Australian equity managers increases when you exclude the largest 20 companies from the ASX 300 index. ...