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Retirement solution upside for investment managers: Oliver Wyman

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... investment managers, Hook added is the ongoing growth of SMSFs, and the shift of allocations to passives which he links to 'alpha disillusionment' - a trend he said has further to run. Given that only 15% of SMSF asset allocation goes into managed products ...

Strong growth in securities lending: J.P. Morgan

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... management & sales for trading services J.P. Morgan. Today's macro economic climate has left investors looking for new sources of Alpha, which has seen the incremental returns available through securities lending become increasingly attractive, said ...

Financial Standard names FS Smileys finalists

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
The 2012 finalists of the Financial Standard Social Media Influence, Leadership + Excellence Scholarship (or "the Smileys"), sponsored by Zurich, were announced today ahead of the awarding of the Scholarship in Melbourne next week. The 12 finalists ...

Variant Perceptions' variant perception

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
ariant Perceptions' variant perception QE is dead, long live QE! It's the eve of that much-awaited, much-speculated Big Ben QE speak but last night's bigger-than-what-we've-seen-over-past-few-day's fall suggests that participants may have given up on ...

Challenger attributes 20% profit growth to annuity/life

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... a dual brand strategy whereby Challenger stands for security and reliability and Fidante Partners stands for consistent alpha-generation throughout the cycle." Challenger Funds Management reported a 31% rise in FUM to $31 billion with net flows of $4.2 ...

Perpetual fund 'recommended' by Zenith

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
Zenith Investment Partners has branded Perpetual's Pure Equity Alpha Fund as 'recommended.' The Perpetual Pure Equity Alpha Fund is a new Australian equity long/short product that has an internal target of 10% per annum. Zenith said the fund aims to ...

Super funds urged to include macro-level ESG principles

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... and investment managers. To date, most ESG integration and activity occurs at the company level, predominantly focused on alpha generation and preservation, she said. Domagala said the United Nations wants to address broader issues related to the function ...

Long-volatility a loss-maker: van Eyk

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... mispricing and relative value opportunities in the VIX options market. "Volatility strategies that systematically exploit the alpha inherent in VIX options markets, or those that access VIX futures exposure when holding costs are not prohibitively expensive ...

Benchmarks stop us thinking: AXA IM

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... their investment strategies, they said. These approaches include assembling sources of beta and then tactically targeting alpha generators. Tim Gardener, head of institutional client strategy, AXA Investment Managers (IM), said the complex 'real world' ...

AIMA helping super funds plan HF moves

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... seeing a sort of wholesale consideration for alternatives," Ivey said. "So those hedge funds which can produce positive alpha with low vol returns will capture the interest of quasi fixed interest investors that don't want to get caught when the yield ...