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Alpha puts its money where its mouth is

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... Eslake, program director, Grattan Institute and former chief economist at ANZ will give a balanced view of Australian and global markets and what to look out for when investing in the Australian and international sharemarkets. Professor Bob Deutsch -KPMG ...

Mason Stevens releases global equity managed account

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
Managed accounts provider, Mason Stevens, has released its first global equities portfolio after partnering up with Caledonia (Private) Investments. In an exclusive offering for managed accounts clients, the Mason Stevens Global Concentrated Portfolio ...

IOOF adds insurance, offers more low-cost options

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... The six investment options for Premier Investor Choice include asset classes and underlying investment options including: Global Fixed Interest - Brandywine Global Opportunistic Fixed Income Trust Property - Zurich Investments Global Property Securities ...

Upside in fixed income: Aberdeen

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
Global demand for fixed income remains but investors are shifting their attention towards higher yielding products, said a leading fund manager. "We're seeing investors begin to look at why yields have reached a low at a core level and that there's ...

Advisers must deliver alpha

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... and be able to demonstrate it, according to research by Vanguard Investments. Francis Kinniry, a principal of Vanguard's global investment strategy group, developed the concept of 'Adviser Alpha' several years ago and recently co- authored a research ...

Trinity3 names SMA portfolio managers

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... namely Bennelong Funds Management, Platypus Asset Management and Ralton Asset Management, and major investment house UBS Global Asset Management. "We looked at about a dozen different managers and one of the key things we were looking for was their ability ...

BlackRock to expand retail arm

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... in focus for BlackRock in 2011 with plans to further its two strategies Asset Allocation Alpha Fund and the Scientific Global Markets Fund, which have proven popular with the IFA market and the bigger financial planning institutions. BlackRock Australia ...

INGIM builds distribution from ground up

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... operations for JBWere, Challenger and Genesys. "There's some terrific capabilities within INGIM Australia and also, on a global basis, but the great opportunity for us is take that directly to the advice community in Australia," he said, referring to ...

Alternatives by any other name

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... inverse strategies are just a few defined as alternative strategies in the report. Alternative energy, commodities, currency, global infrastructure, managed futures, private equity and real estate were defined as alternative asset classes. However, the ...

Superfund opens alternatives fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... SuperAlphaFund managing director, said the fund would meet investor's appetite for alternative investments. "The biggest global financial crisis since 1929 has forced financial advisers around the world to re-allocate asset and seriously consider ways ...