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Standard Life Inv launches global equity strategy

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015
... global equity assets. "Global equities provide a wide and diverse opportunity set for investors looking to generate high alpha in their equity allocations whilst investors in our unconstrained strategy reap the benefits of the benchmark agnostic portfolio," ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... and property assets through their own investment teams. It remains to be seen whether this trend will accelerate in 2015; alpha hunters will hope the market starts behaving less erratically next year. The Financial System Inquiry One of the major talking ...

FEATURE: A new world order in active management

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... part of an ongoing effort to reduce complexity and costs in its investment program." Statisticians have also rounded on alpha gatherers. Recent data from S&P Dow Jones Indices showed that the vast majority of Australian active managed funds have under-performed ...

Liam Shorte named FS Smileys Scholar of the Year

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
Verante Financial Planning director Liam Shorte has won this year's Financial Standard Social Media Influence, Leadership + Excellence (SMILEYS) Scholarship. The FS Smileys Scholarship, proudly supported by Financial Standard's scholarship partner ...

In-housing creating consultant uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... bolstered their internal investment capabilities. The asset consultant said that too much effort is spent trying to identify alpha-generating asset managers and not enough spent on extracting the best value from markets. "We're going to have to provide ...

Financial Standard unveils Digital Dozen in social media

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
The 2014 finalists of the Financial Standard Social Media Influence, Leadership + Excellence Scholarship (or "the Smileys"), sponsored by Zurich and IRESS were announced today ahead of the awarding of the Scholarship in Sydney on Tuesday 13th November. ...

Triple3 volatility fund added to Macquarie Wrap platform

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... Samuel Funds Management (GSFM), aims to generate long-term absolute returns with its volatility-focused strategy to capture alpha from highly liquid exchange traded VIX options. "Volatility is a unique asset class that offers a largely untapped source ...

Retail funds deny relying on passive investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... depending on the age of the member. Alliston added: "The reason for this is we question the ability to consistently produce alpha in large cap international equities and prefer to spend our fee budget in other areas of the portfolio. Other strategies ...

AMP Capital wins large Australian equity mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... concentrated equity strategy complements the objective of Nikko Asset Management Australia's Multi Manager team because it sources alpha that is lowly-correlated. AMP Capital and Nikko Asset Management Australia have a range of such investment partnerships ...

AMP creates global infra platform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... communications, and utilities, adding to its existing European holdings, which include Newcastle Airport, Angel Trains, Alpha Trains, Thames Water, CLH, and Greater Gabbard OFTO. AMP Capital said the new global platform has already attracted a "significant ...