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SELECT absolute return fund gets rating tick from Zenith

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2007
Select Asset Management's (SELECT) absolute return focused Select Private Equity Portfolio (SPEP) fund has been rated recommended by Zenith Investment Partners. SELECT has partnered with private equity specialist Barwon Investment Partners to help manage ...

K2 keeps kicking goals

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
Absolute return manager K2 Asset Management is trumpeting strong returns from its international and Asian funds, exceeding its own healthy performance targets. K2's Select International Fund achieved net returns of 33.7 per cent for the year to end ...

Principal buys $16.5b value fund

... (US$75 million). PGI Australia's chief executive Grant Forster said that the deal will allow them to offer more absolute return strategies, which have gained much traction in the past few years as investors favour returns that are not benchmark-oriented. ...

Antares teams with Lodestar for absolute returns

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
... alternative investment business within the NAB Group, has teamed with Lodestar Capital Partners to launch a new absolute return fund. The Antares Lodestar Absolute Return Trust aims to deliver stable absolute returns to investors over the medium to long ...

SELECT announces head of distribution

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
... participant who will further enhance SELECT's reputation as one of Australia's leading providers of innovative, absolute return focused investments," said managing director, Brendan Foley. "The combination of a strong in-house team and access to world-class ...

HFA adds to distribution team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2007
Listed absolute return manager HFA Asset Management has appointed a new senior manager - distribution, following the promotion of Dan Abbink to national sales manager. Vaughan Henry joins HFA as a certified financial planner with a diploma of financial ...

UBS Australia imports global strength

... products with a global flavour. Bolinowsky hosted a media briefing in Sydney today to flag the launch of UBS' absolute return strategies funds that are popular in the US but have never been available locally. "We want to introduce these capabilities ...

HFA promotes new investment manager

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2007
... new role to replace Peter Coates, who is on secondment in London. Katz assumes responsibility for managing HFA's absolute return and hedge funds portfolio, sourcing Asia-Pacific hedge fund managers, developing new funds and driving positive HFA ratings ...

Fixed income reinvented: Lehman

The fixed income sector is going through a fundamental "philosophical shift" as more investors demand absolute return-type fixed income strategies over traditional long-only products, said Jack Malvey, chief global fixed-income strategist at Lehman ...

Institutions more comfortable with hedge funds: State Street

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2007
... hedge funds today than 12 months ago. Conducted late last year, the study, in conjunction with the 2006 Global Absolute Return Congress (Global ARC), showed more than half of boards also spent 15 percent or more of their time on the subject. "The findings ...