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RI sector outperforms ASX 300: Lonsec

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... in reality this is clearly not the case. Pleasingly, while a niche segment, a number of the funds have generated a strong alpha track record over a reasonable period." The research found that RI funds tend to struggle against the benchmark when there ...

Volatility fund gets first ratings, platform listings

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... already in the fund. The fund aims to generate long-term absolute returns with its volatility-focused strategy to capture alpha from highly liquid exchange-traded VIX options, which are negatively correlated to equities. Lonsec highlighted the fact that ...

Super fees drop as fund war rolls on

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... component and uses active management to determine the asset allocation. "In the Australian market there is not a lot of extra alpha and more money can be made by actively managing the asset allocation," Brackenrig said. Lower fees can help deliver greater ...

Australian Hedge Fund Awards finalists named

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... Best Emerging Fund will be won by Ellerston Australian Market Neutral, Monash Absolute Investment or Perpetual Pure Equity Alpha. LHC Capital Australia High Conviction, OC Concentrated Equity and Regal Atlantic Absolute Return will fight it out to be ...

JANA awards mandate to Loomis Sayles

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... Loomis, Sayles & Company. The mandate is the first in this market to be allocated to the Loomis Sayles' Global Disciplined Alpha (GDA) strategy, the fund manager's Australian distributor Apostle Asset Management confirmed. "This is the first mandate ...

UBS Dynamic Alpha Strategy wins large insto mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
UBS Global Asset Management's Dynamic Alpha Strategy Fund (DAS) has received a $260 million institutional mandate from a unnamed government funds management organisation in Australia. This follows a $400 million institutional superannuation investment ...

Bennelong expands Long Short Equity team

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... experience in the funds management industry. "With the expansion of our product offering since the successful launch of the new Alpha 200 Fund earlier this year, the addition of Steven to the team deepens our research-intensive credentials and our ongoing ...

QIC funds added to Federation platform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
Two QIC managed funds, DDH Global Fixed Interest Alpha Fund and the DDH Balanced Growth Fund, have been added to the Federation Managed Accounts fund. The funds' responsible entity is DDH Graham, and the funds are managed by QIC. Federation described ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street stocks barrelled to new records, following strong US car sales and Chinese manufacturing data. At 0645 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was up 19 points ...

S&P 500: 22 corrections in 6 months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... Director of Gerring Capital Partners - who talked about "the potential for a meaningful correction" in his article on 'Seeking Alpha's' website titled "This Is When The Bear Growls". If I read him correctly, the correction will happen at the start of ...