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HNW investors dumping hedge funds in favour of PE

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2006

... seems to be waning," said Opie. The main problem with hedge funds, he said, was that hedge funds initially promised huge returns regardless of market conditions but as the hedge fund market has matured and become more crowded, they have failed to deliver ...

Plan B refutes first mover claims on fee for service

KATE HAGE | THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2006

... and openness for clients." "Typical management fees are disclosed by MERs but don't disclose the impact of tax on those returns as a result of trading practices." "The percentage of turnover in a client's portfolio needs to be reported because it gives ...

IAGAM scores $250m mandate from Sunsuper

HAMISH MADDEN | WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2006

... demonstrates that our strategy of diversifying our investment portfolios is working to generate superior risk adjusted returns, while reducing our absolute level of risk and volatility. "Sunsuper's choice of IAGAM shows there are options available outside ...

Macquarie CountryWide Trust promotes a new CEO

HAMISH MADDEN | TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2006

... and US portfolios. He has also been instrumental in growing the trust's development pipeline which has delivered strong returns for investors." Rampa will take on respsonsibility for developing the Macquarie real estate platform in North America in order ...

Active managing pays during market correction: Mercer

... managers standing their ground against the market correction in May. Mercer has just released their latest survey on the returns of fund managers for the one month, three month, one year and three year periods ended May 31 this year. Against the major ...

CSF awards $26m fixed income mandate to IXIS

KATE HAGE | TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2006

... high yield portfolios built on more high yield loans in a shifting 80/20 or 20/80 allocation, and aims to deliver high returns with lower volatility through varying economic cycles. The fund's target return strategy is to outperform the three month US ...

Restructured Fidelity Japan fund rated by S&P

KATE HAGE | THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2006

... finding that the fund's restructure late last year and a new fund manager, Nick Price, have rebooted it to deliver higher returns while adding new products to its original core mix. S&P analyst, Evan Davey, supported the fund's experienced team, headed ...

UBS sets sights on global infrastructure

... fiasco, domestic and global infrastructure have drawn investors because of the asset class' relatively high and stable returns compared to the associated risks. Last year, Macquarie Bank teamed up with the UK index provider FTSE to create the Macquarie ...

Common sense rules in portfolio construction

... by fund managers to demonstrate their 'superior' construction skills. The Sharpe Ratio measures the trade off of excess returns above cash relative to risk or volatility of the returns. "What I showed in my thesis was that given the statistical properties ...

More control over currency: SSgA

... program, SSgA said it offers a 'middle ground' between active and passive currency management. It aims to deliver higher returns with reduced volatility compared to a traditional static hedge. SSgA said that the program was spurred by demand from a superannuation ...

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Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA

Treasury has responded to the Guy Debelle-led review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), agreeing to all six recommendations.

Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year.

MaxCap hires from Vanguard, AustralianSuper

MATTHEW WAI

MaxCap has welcomed two senior directors, including a portfolio manager from Australia's largest super fund, reporting to the recently named chief executive Kylie Robb.

Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay

MATTHEW WAI

Granite Bay Private Wealth has selected Zenith Investment Partners to support their investment governance and due diligence.

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