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Rising star scores major absolute return mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... led by co-founders Alan Sheen and Nick Selvaratnam, will manage an absolute return strategy for Infocus subsidiary Alpha Fund Managers. Sheen and Selvaratnam were previously head of proprietary trading and head of equities respectively at Credit Suisse ...

Alternatives managers celebrated at annual event

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
... Investment Fund of the Year, with the fund also taking out the award for Best Long Short Equity Fund and Macquarie's Pure Alpha Fund being recognised as the Best Market Neutral Fund. Other winners on the night include the Tribeca Global Natural Resources ...

Infocus subsidiary adds to multi-manager suite

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2017
... Wealth Management expanded its multi-manager suite through an investment in an ESG-aligned Australian equities fund. Alpha Fund Managers, which also recently partnered with Investors Mutual and Folkestone, invested in Australian Ethical's Australian ...

Boutique manager selects A-REIT and small-cap specialists

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
Alpha Fund Managers, the funds management subsidiary of Infocus Wealth Management, has enlisted a further two funds to its multi-manager suite. The first addition is the Investors Mutual Limited (IML) Small Cap Fund, which aims to deliver consistent ...

OC Funds Management wins mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
A multi-manager appointed OC Funds Management to oversee its micro-cap strategy. Melbourne-based Alpha Fund Managers appointed OC to help deliver long-term capital growth by investing in Australian and New Zealand companies with a market capitalisation ...

Industry stars recognised at 2017 MAX Awards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
... Complexity' promos. The Investment Product of the Year award went to J.P. Morgan Asset Management for the JPMorgan Systematic Alpha Fund. J.P. Morgan Asset Management head of Australia funds David Halifax accepted the award, stating: "Winning this award ...

IFM wins $670m super mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
... to more than $1 billion. The fund was launched in 2016 and complements IFM's existing Australian Equities Extended Alpha Fund and Asia-Pacific Market Neutral Fund. "We have seen strong interest from Australian superannuation funds in our differentiated ...

Local hedge funds fighting for insto attention

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
... Macquarie Alpha Opportunities Fund Regal Atlantic Absolute Return Fund Best Market Neutral Fund: The Macquarie European Alpha Fund The Bennelong Long Short Equity Fund Regal Tasman Market Neutral Fund Best Multi Strategy Fund: The CQS Directional Opportunities ...

Infocus purchases another advice business

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... through one of the group's two AFSL holders. It also manages eight sector-specific multi-manager funds through subsidiary Alpha Fund Managers, and licenses proprietary CRM and practice management software to support financial advisers.

Martin Currie completes PK Investment Management deal

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016
... experience of the Japanese market. Kirkby has also been appointed as lead manager of the Legg Mason Japan Absolute Alpha Fund - the Luxembourg domiciled UCITS fund. Andy Sowerby, head of sales and marketing at Martin Currie said: "This is an exciting ...