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Improve risk management to target fees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... will be one of the forum's keynote speakers, said this will enable them to more effectively mix passive beta with active alpha hunting investment strategies. "The industry as a whole is far more focused on the value add of the active managers, and how ...

Instreet launches structured product

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... interest payments that are lost if the reference index remains flat," he added. The ComBATS index is a market neutral commodity alpha strategy, involving long/short positions in 10 commodities including crude oil, natural gas and aluminum. The index ...

Advisers optimistic on SMSFs despite changing skill set

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... willing to specialise. "The good ones are adapting, but it is a different relationship," Lovett said. "We term it 'adviser alpha' - it's not about picking who the best investment manager is, it's in that behavioral coach relationship. "We see some good ...

Towers Watson's clients top $15bn in Smart Beta

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... allocated over $15 billion to Smart Beta solutions in the past five years. Smart Beta, which is actually hybrid of beta and alpha strategies, is an approach that uses a selection of analytical tools to find opportunities in the market. It is not just ...

EM specialist enters Australian market

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... emerging and frontier market specialist Advanced Emerging Capital has entered the Australian market to give investors access to alpha boosting small to mid cap firms from these markets. Advanced Emerging Capital specialises in emerging and frontier markets ...

IMCA names CIMA scholarship winners

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... Cheung, co-head of managed funds and structured investments at BT Financial Group and Matthew Zschech, portfolio manager at Alpha Fund Managers who received the BlackRock Investment Management / Portfolio Construction Forum Scholarship. The FEAL CIMA ...

Macquarie wins currency mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
... continue to build a focus list of high quality absolute return solutions, we are thrilled to add MIM's Short Term Currency Alpha (STCA) strategy to our line-up of core investments," said Laurent Guillet, chief executive officer for Amundi AI. Amundi ...

Emerging managers add twice the alpha

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... attributable to survivor and other biases (other research has indicated they are of this sort of magnitude), the excess alpha of around 200bp pa is still more than enough to cover the full cost structure of most institutional funds," he said. Urbani ...

Private markets providing solid returns

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
... head of portfolio construction at Towers Watson. "However, we believe a holistic approach with a clear demarcation between alpha and beta strategies can position illiquid private markets portfolios for long-term success." In the same research, Towers ...

BlackRock funds target new investment climate

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... before. For a marginal increase in risk, removing the long only constraint can significantly enhance the opportunity for alpha generation." The BlackRock Australian Equity Opportunities Fund (BAEOF) aims to deliver returns that are 8% per annum above ...