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CFS awards $450m portable alpha mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
... mandate is part of First Choice's Multi Manager Fixed Interest portfolio. Franklin Templeton will pair its global absolute return strategy with an underlying beta to provide the portable alpha. The absolute return strategy will pursue potential alpha ...

LG Investments chooses Charles River

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007
... streamline its operations. Melbourne based, LG Investment Group, specialises in the management of equity based absolute return strategies. Charles River Development provides innovative technology systems and services to more than 250 investment firms ...

Two joint HFA heads better than one

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2007
... HFAAM, has $4 billion in assets under management and acts as the responsible entity and manager of HFA's suite of absolute return investment funds.

SRI funds beat the index

Sustainable Responsible Investment (SRI) funds are not just good for the soul, they're good for the hip pockets too after yet another study that found SRI portfolios have beaten the index in the last two years. The latest SRI Median Study from AMP Capital ...

Austock appoints new head

... Challenger, he also served as portfolio manager at AMP Capital Investors where he was part of the enhanced and absolute return funds team, which managed $10 billion in domestic equities. Sheen has a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Applied ...

HFA profits up 389pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
HFA Accelerator Plus, a listed investment fund that specialises in absolute return strategies, has posted a near quadrupling of profits in the last financial year. This increase is on the back of a 253 per cent increase in revenue on its previous full ...

Market uncertainty stalls K2 float

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2007
... their potential and existing shareholders. "This is not a decision we have taken lightly, and we still believe absolute return specialists have a bright future," he said. "I am happy to report the float would have closed oversubscribed, which we take ...

SELECT scores four stars for diversified funds

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2007
... equity market returns, as there is greater scope to shift to other investments when equities fall." The funds' absolute return focus means assets have a significantly lower correlation to traditional asset classes, particularly equities. Dominic McCormick ...

AMG answers demand for US boutiques

... local clients. "Given the size of the Australian market and the appetite for global long/short fund managers, absolute return strategies and so on, and now $8 billion of funds and rising, the next step for the group was to have a physical presence," ...

Wyllie launches new 'niche within a niche' company

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2007
... launch other funds with a similar niche focus and an ability to offer an alternative investment exposure with an absolute return focus.