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Hedge fund maestro Hintze voices concern over regulation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
... the sector. "The future is bright for hedge funds in institutional portfolios. People are looking for different sources of alpha. We are seeing the biggest ticket for the bespoke alpha product, run by hedge fund managers on behalf of large institutional ...

Perpetual equities deputy head to step down

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
... Perpetual. He is the portfolio manager for the Concentrated Equity strategy, SHARE-PLUS Long-Short strategy and Pure Equity Alpha strategy. Parkin rejoined Perpetual in October 2010 as an analyst, having previously spent six years with the company between ...

SSgA launches cheap lifestyle funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
... have been revealed to have more than 90% of the risk in less than 50% of their assets. "We're not trying to squeeze the alpha lemon as hard as we can. These strategies are about flattening the return profile and mitigating against drawdowns," Farley ...

Strong credit-based strategies contenders in 2013 Hedge Fund Award nominations

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
... Performance Fund AUD Best Market Neutral Fund - Bennelong Long Short Equity Fund, BlackRock 32 Capital Master USD, Macquarie Asian Alpha Fund Best Global Macro/Future Fund - GMO Systematic Global Macro Trust B, MST Capital Global Fund, Whitehaven SPC ...

Platinum reports stellar result

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
... from the index. Platinum chairman Bruce Phillips attributed the rise to the global stock market recovery as well as the alpha generated by the investment business, Platinum Asset Management. "This strong short-term performance made a useful contribution ...

Mason Stevens adds Perpetual portfolio to SMA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
Investment management firm Mason Stevens has added Perpetual Investment Management Limited's Perpetual Direct Equity Alpha Portfolio (the Portfolio) to its Managed Account service. The portfolio, managed by Perpetual's Vince Pezzullo, who also manages ...

Former BlackRock director joins Atchison

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... and investment analysis. Prior to that he was an analyst/portfolio manager with boutique Australian equities fund manager Alpha Investment Management. He has also worked at HSBC Securities. Atchison Consultants is a Melbourne-based firm providing investment ...

A-REITS rewarded for cleaning up act

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... income-producing assets cannot continued unbridled and, as a result, stock pickers would likely have the best potential to add alpha. "We observe that the current quest for yield across the sector is a similar thematic to that which drove much of the ...

Zenith recommends BT alpha fixed interest fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
BT Investment Management's (BTIM's) Pure Alpha Fixed Income Fund has been given the 'recommended' rating by investment researcher Zenith Investment Partners. The fund invests mainly in the Australian and New Zealand fixed interest markets, predominantly ...

Super fund mergers pose capacity problem

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... cheaper - opportunities for fund managers to add value. "The more competition there is in the market, the harder it is to find alpha," he explained. "Price anomalies get eroded quickly by a heavily researched and efficient market." Ultimately the growth ...