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Trust advocates long-term staff incentives

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... generations of investors. "We are focussed on really looking after the clients we have now... and hopefully turn them from being neutral to positive advocates for our business," he said.

Lazard Japan appoints former JPMorgan head

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... long-only; and 130/30). The second stream is on alternative investment, which features three long/short strategies (market neutral, directional and concentrated, directional). Prugue said that the firm has Australian insto clients in both their beta ...

Analyse this

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... Janus brings this research muscle in Australia through the launch of the Janus Global Research 130/30 strategy, a sector neutral fund holding between 100 to 150 long holdings and 50 to 100 short holdings. "A lot of 130/30 strategies that [local] instos ...

Mercer recommends pullback on global equities

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
... from its current price over the next two or three years. The firm has maintained its view on the Australian dollar as 'neutral' relative to the Euro and Japanese Yen. "The Australian dollar will be increasingly vulnerable to any disappointments on either ...

GMO head of Aussie equities departs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... Australia in 2008. Prior to that, he worked at Macquarie Investment Management as senior portfolio manager of a style-neutral Australian equity fund. In a statement referring to the appointment, GMO did not disclose the reasons why Suvak has left the ...

Emerging markets look expensive: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... gains in the next few months after the market has gone sideways since October last year. The research also suggests a neutral stance on the US market as the country's dollar looks to bottom out and US interest rates likely to rise. Bassanese's Investor ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... $25.06. Oil and gas producer Santos slipped 19 cents, or 1.4 per cent to $13.76 after broker Merrill Lynch cut its rating to neutral from buy. Fellow oil producers fell, with Oil Search losing five cents to $6.03 and Woodside declining 25 cents to $48.17. ...

SSFS ushers Asian Century in $1bn global equities overhaul

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... equities portfolio in the past 12 months. The result is that they've changed their overall strategy from being 'style neutral' to having a 'strategic value tilt'. "We felt now's the time to catch the value premium post the GFC," said Fabian, stressing ...

No transparency, no mandates: ARIA

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... ARIA. Lochiel Crafter, chief executive of ARIA, said one of the major lessons learnt from the GFC in relation to market neutral or hedge funds was their lack of transparency, which arguably had been their downfall. Often not knowing the assets and positions ...

A tale of confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... Asian investors increased by 2.4 points to 95.3. According to State Street, "A reading of 100 in the Index represents a neutral level where institutions are neither allocating towards nor away from risky assets." So there we have it ladies and gents ...