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Lazard launches new alternatives fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
Lazard Asset Management has launched a new long/short European equity fund. The Lazard European Alternative Fund, which is UCITS compliant, comprises a liquid portfolio of around 60 European large and mid-cap stocks, both long and short, selected on ...

FEATURE: Inflation plus investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
In a world where beating the benchmark is not enough, investors need to target returns above inflation. Laura Millan asks industry leaders how to succeed in the current economic environment. There was a time when investing was a matter of coming up ...

AB appoints regional manager

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
AllianceBernstein (AB) has appointed a regional manager. Stephen Nguyen will be based in AB's Melbourne office. He joins the firm from AMP, where he was a business development manager. Prior to that, he held a similar role at Aviva/MLC. He has also ...

Alphinity wins AMP Capital mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
AMP Capital has awarded holdings from its AMP Capital Fundamental Long Short Fund to Alphinity Investment Management's Alphinity Australian Share Fund. AMP Capital head of public market solutions Tanya Debakhapouve said this decision came about following ...

Australian hedge funds on course to reach $100bn

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
Treasury reforms, financial innovation and growing demand is driving interest in Australia's hedge fund industry, according to the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global hedge fund industry association. Currently managing $96.9 ...

Super investment fees should align with CPI

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
Breaking down the link between superannuation fund growth and investment fees would reduce costs remarkably, according to Frontier Advisors director of consulting Fiona Trafford-Walker. Trafford-Walker said if super funds grew at 10% per annum for the ...

The $17trn infra opportunity investors have overlooked

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
Super funds that want to increase their allocation to infrastructure assets without compromising their environmental, social and governance criteria should consider an investment in water equities. That's the opinion of Kleinwort Benson Investors, a ...

Colonial First State awards $55m mandate

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
A Sydney boutique has won a $55 million mandate from Colonial First State. Eight Investment Partners (8IP) was given the nod to manage a small cap Australian equity portfolio for the wealth management group. The boutique was established in 2009 by Kerry ...

Global bond fund gets first Aussie investor

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
Alpha Fund Managers has become the first Australian investor in a global asset manager's absolute return bond fund. Standard Life Investments' Absolute Return Global Bond Strategies Trust aims to return cash plus 3% per annum over rolling three-year ...

Alpha Fund Managers add AB fund to portfolio

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
Alpha Fund Managers has become the initial investor in the AllianceBernstein (AB) Global Equities Fund by adding the fund to its multi-manager portfolio. AB chief executive officer Australia, Jen Driscoll, said a differentiated approach to delivering ...