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Infocus subsidiary adds to multi-manager suite

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2017
... manager Julien Brodie explained: "We are attracted to the Fund's strong track record of outperformance and lower than market risk, and believe our clients will benefit from this approach." Australian Ethical managing director Phil Vernon added: "We are ...

Industry fund appoints chief risk officer

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... years' experience in financial services including managing all facets of risk including credit and balance sheet risk, market risk and operational risk in some of Australia's largest ASX-listed and global financial institutions, both in Australia and ...

Watermark closes IPO for market neutral LIC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
... the opportunity to achieve stronger, more consistent performance amidst the current volatility, and reduced equity market risk. WGF's strategy hedges out market and sector risks. "Currency exposures are also hedged. This means market neutral funds such ...

Henderson fund receives ratings upgrade

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... balanced portfolio," Rosenbloom said. "We believe that by utilising paired positions enables the Fund in lowering market risk and the potential to deliver stable returns across all market cycles." Head of distribution at Henderson Australia Matt Gaden ...

Australian-first fund exceeds target

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
The Watermark Global Leaders Fund has exceeded its minimum funding target in the early stages of its IPO roadshow. The LIC, which is Australia's first locally-managed global market neutral fund, has achieved beyond the $40 million minimum as a result ...

Watermark launches global market neutral LIC

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... This type of strategy enables investors to profit from the mispricing of securities while limiting their exposures to market risk."

First State Super awards $1.6bn mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
... worked in partnership with Neuberger Berman through 2015 to build this model, designed to systematically harvest non-market risk premia in emerging market equities with controlled cost. "We may eventually move this portfolio in-house alongside other ...

Milliman calls out "failures of diversification"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... represent "beneficial risk management," it also argued that these "diversifiers are still highly exposed to equity market risk." By contrast, Milliman pointed to defensive alternatives such as Commodity Trading Advisers (CTAs), or managed futures, which ...

MTAA Super awards multi-asset mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... market exposure. The strategy was launched in 2002 and has historically provided half-to-two-thirds global equity market risk for better than global equity returns. The Australian unit trust was launched in July 2014 and the wholesale share class has ...

Industry groups slam SEC plan to limit derivatives

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... alternatively, it could have exposure of up to 300% if it passes a test on whether its derivatives transactions reduce its market risk. But critics of the SEC proposal say that would not apply to many bond funds which use derivatives to increase their ...