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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
... either November or December with the economy running at full capacity and the present interest rate regime essentially neutral, being neither expansionary nor contractionary. Australia's farmers have continued to lobby the Federal Government for a free ...

SSgA launches neutral Asian alpha fund

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has launched its new SSgA Asia Pacific Equity Market Neutral Fund, aimed at giving institutional investors easy access to pure alpha returns from Asian equity markets. The strategy, designed by SSgA's quantitative ...

INVESCO passes chief baton to O'Brien

... Atlanta-based manager Scott Wolle and will have four "uncorrelated pieces" namely the global tactical asset allocation, US market neutral, European market neutral and global bonds. Highlighting INVESCO's intention to grow the business, O'Brien said they ...

Active managers still outperforming index: Navigator

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2006
Navigator's most recent Australian equity sector review revealed that most active managers continue to outperform index managers, with those focusing on small caps and growth style investing getting the lion's share of returns. While Navigator's research ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2006
... Statistics will release May housing finance data. Yesterday, the Australian stock market closed higher, in a day of largely neutral trading among the resources heavyweights and big banks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 7.5 points at 5142.8 while ...

MLIM funds on hold but Rock solid

... year. "Given that BlackRock is managing approximately 55 per cent of the fund (the North American portion of a regionally neutral portfolio), it is important that we meet with the new team to obtain comfort in their approach to managing money and better ...

Skandia selects six new funds

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2006
Skandia has added six new funds to its investment menus, including an absolute return fund and a China fund, aimed at delivering consistent returns with less risk. The funds include the Skandia Absolute Return Fund, Skandia Blended Property Fund, Skandia ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006
... in June, given these mixed readings on the economy and that interest rate settings are now at what it considers to be neutral. The US dollar continues its decline against the euro and yen on the back of narrowing interest rate spreads with financial ...

Hedge funds expect more USD rallies: Greenwich-Van

... proportion of hedge fund managers upbeat on the USD has jumped from 40 to 50 per cent, while the proportion holding a neutral view has almost doubled from 15 to 28 per cent. But the critical issue is that now only one-fifth of hedge fund managers expect ...

Select's alternatives "recommended"

... equity, commodities and infrastructure and offers hedge fund strategies managed by Gottex Fund Management, whose market neutral and enhanced market neutral funds are both four star rated by S&P. Zenith's Ben Davies said Select's fund is suitable for ...