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Westpac Staff Super awards $50m to HFA

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
Westpac Staff Superannuation Fund (WSSF) yesterday awarded a $50 million investment mandate to absolute return fund manager, HFA Asset Management. This is the first mandate awarded to HFA from WSSF, and the funds will be invested in HFA's diversified ...

Adept Capital launches Asian FOHFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
... and anonymous way," Smith said. Adept Capital Partners is an independent investment advisory which focuses on absolute return funds.

CAAM capitalises on crisis

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
... including the Global Bond Fund, Alternative Investment Diversified Fund, Global Emerging Markets Fund and the VaR8 Absolute Return Strategy. CAAM Australia won a $100 million Mercer Investments mandate into the VaR 8 Absolute Return Fund and a $230 million ...

ING IM and Credit Agricole win $1.1b Philippine mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
... Garcia, fund managers had investment strategy and asset allocation freedom however they are required to have an absolute return of eight per cent floor limit on annual returns (net of fees) and a seven per cent limit on portfolio volatility. Investing ...

Maragiannis joins CAAM

... under $1.2 billion. Most recently, it won a seed investment of $100 million from Mercer Investments into its VaR 8 Absolute Return Fund and a $230 million Global Fixed Income/Currency mandate from Colonial First State Investments. The group's country ...

Morgan Stanley launches new FX strategy

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) has moved to capitalise on the shortfalls of the world's most liquid market through the launch of its FX alpha strategy for Australian investors. The strategy has been designed as an actively managed, risk-controlled ...

K2 to tread lightly in 2008

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
Boutique fund manager K2 Asset Management's international absolute return funds have reported positive returns to date, but the first half of 2008 may soon prove to be the toughest challenge yet for its investors. K2's Select International Absolute ...

Half price hedge fund?

... Fund represents a new approach to hedge fund investing by directly addressing the three main challenges with many absolute return strategies; high fees, poor transparency, and poor liquidity," said Ken Marshman, JANA's managing director. The fund took ...

Fidelity turns on hazard lights for 2008

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
Global equity markets will be more volatile next year highlighting the need for institutional investors to analyse their stock choices more stringently, according to Fidelity. "The economic backdrop is less than rosy. Inflation while not appearing a ...

HSBC brings alts business Down Under

... investors and cater for institutional clients, asset consultants and financial advisers. The arm will specialise in absolute return funds nad provide tailor-made diversified portfolios of hedge funds. First off the rank is the HSBC Australia Special ...