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Reverse core satellite approach: van Eyk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... market that could average below eight per cent over the next two years, this would be impressive." Although, value and neutral managers had performed well in previous volatile markets, choosing which managers to use as a core for the investment strategy ...

Perennial and Hyperion sign UN PRI

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... issues," said Patterson. Along the way Perennial started measuring its own carbon emissions and took steps to become carbon neutral, among other endeavours. Meanwhile Hyperion became a signatory of the UN PRI two weeks ago. Like Perennial, Hyperion had ...

Perpetual appoints joint quant head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... McCaughan Securities and Citibank. Suntharam will focus on managing the firm's quantitative investment suite across market neutral, long short and long only funds while Khilnani will work on the development of new funds for prospective clients and have ...

Return of the hedge funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... per cent respectively. The report found three of the four hedge strategies posted gains during the month, with market neutral funds leading the charge gaining 1.8 per cent on average. Convertible and fixed income arbitrage managers and event driven strategies ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... next fiscal year, following criticism of his behaviour at a weekend G7 news conference in Rome, though the news may be neutral for stocks. The benchmark Nikkei shed 104.66 points to 7,645.51, its lowest finish since Oct 28 when it ended at 7,621.92. ...

BT Global Macro gains three stars

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
... intra and inter-sector bets between asset classes. Instead, the actively managed fund aims to generate alpha from market neutral top down strategies. Simon Scott, Standard & Poor's fund services analyst, said the fund's team is appropriately qualified ...

Solaris gets "highly recommended" rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... owned by six Solaris executives, usually results in greater team stability. The Solaris team adopts a 'bottom up', style neutral investment strategy and has more than $790 million in assets under management. The fund took almost $1 billion in fund in ...

Nicholas-Applegate's 130/30 gets nod

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... capitalisation allocation. The long/short segregated range includes the US Systematic Small-Mid Cap 130/30 and a Market Neutral strategy. Both use the firm's proven quantitative platform and proprietary investment models. The strategy is managed by Pedro ...

Charles River adds 13 Aussie clients

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... access to the region's growing variety of advanced execution methods," he said. The Charles River Network is a broker-neutral financial network that provides up to date electronic trading using FIX. The network was launched in 2005 and includes now is ...

Superfund opens alternatives fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
Superfund Group is launching its Super Alpha Fund 1, providing investors with access to managed futures and market neutral long short strategies that have delivered more than 13 per cent per annum for more than a decade. The fund's strategy is based ...