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Austock High Yield gets three stars

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
... (Austock), the fund is invested in Australian corporate debt, infrastructure, property and cash and has delivered yearly returns of 11.48 per cent since its inception in March 2004. The fund is not invested in offshore debt and does not use leverage ...

BRIC sector splits SRI managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... have conflicting policies on how they invest in BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) markets, leading to inconsistent returns for SRI investors. According to Mercer research, emerging markets gained 25.1 per cent for Australian investors, more than ...

Russell rejigs international funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
... strategy surrounds the idea that investor behaviour heavily influences stock prices, hence the group aims to capture excess returns created by investors inefficient responses to market cycles. ClariVest replaces Jacobs Levy and Altrinsic, managing 15 ...

ING PEAL pledges $10m to Wolseley

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
... investors have decreased their stakes in LBOs. The continued interest in private equity deals rides on the back of expected returns of 11.1 per cent from the sector, as opposed to a lower 9.8 per cent in real estate and 9.4 per cent in hedge funds. To ...

Half price hedge fund?

... in management and performance fees. To get the fees down, the fund "disaggregates" the three key sources of hedge fund returns namely alpha (manager skill), traditional beta and alternative beta (hedge fund strategies that can be replicated systematically). ...

China on shaky platform

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
... markets, biased resource allocation and flawed social security system as well as high costs on foreign liabilities and low returns on foreign assets must be addressed to ensure economic stability. "China must readjust their development model and make ...

Fidelity turns on hazard lights for 2008

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
... emphasis on stock selection, Fidelity launched its Select Global Small Cap Fund in August, which aimed to achieve excess returns against the S&P/Citigroup EMI World Index over a five-year period. According to Rob Feldman, portfolio manager at Fidelity ...

Aussie manager wins global resources award

... State Global Resources Fund returned 51.3 per cent. David Whitten, head of global resources, explained that the fund's returns benefited from their long term outlook. "We do not speculate on the direction of commodity prices. Rather we maintain our 'long' ...

Better beta through fundamental indexing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2007
Institutional investors can diversify their beta exposure and gain higher returns along the way through fundamental indexing, said Jason Hsu, a director at Research Affiliates, at the IMCA Conference last week. Hsu said that one of the ironies in investors ...

Olympus float on hold

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2007
... produced outstanding results. "Investors will want to be part of the action across this region as shown in year to date returns of India's BSE 200 Index 48.2 per cent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index 43.5 per cent and China's S&P/CITIC 300 Index 130.7 per ...