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Peering into the future

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... continue, foreseeing a "second wave" in the near future. "There must be some level of differentiation," he said, identifying the alpha-beta (and some cases omega) separation adopted by some funds as an example. Meanwhile, a major challenge identified ...

Focus on member retirement outcomes

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
... and pointing out that massive outperformance of benchmarks can still result in negative returns for members. "I believe in alpha. Alpha is definitely part of the solution but it's a small part of the solution" Rieck said. Rieck stressed that the "buy ...

No change in Concord strategies: Invesco

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
... Australian equities, as well as some assets in Australian smaller companies. According to the Invesco statement, Concord's alpha generation has been 3 per cent per annum over three years and 2.4 per cent over five and ten years.

Basis Yield lawsuit continues

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
Basis Yield Alpha Fund (Master) (BYAFM) released a statement responding to the Goldman Sachs motion to dismiss BYAFM's security fraud suit that is currently pending in federal court in New York. Goldman Sachs has now argued that the case is a foreign ...

UBS head of credit research joins QIC

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... investment professionals in its team. It manages a range of fixed interest strategies ranging from benchmark-driven products to alpha and smart beta solutions for more than 50 Australian and international institutional clients. QIC has more than $51.6 ...

Parrish, Williamson, Chow to exit CPG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
Following the purchase of a majority holding in asset consultant CPG Research and Advisory earlier this year by Sigma Alpha International Limited (SAIL), CPG principals John Parrish, Peter Williamson and Philip Chow will be leaving the business. Simon ...

Mercer global CIO joins AXA IM

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... Australia for his views on governance, alignment of interest and where superannuation funds should be looking to access alpha opportunities. His role will focus on improving AXA IM's interactions with consultants across all asset classes and geograph ...

UBS property fund gets three stars

S&P RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
... UBS's Australian equities team and of GRES. Jakov Males manages the fund and is also the portfolio manager for UBS's High Alpha Long Term Opportunity Fund, a high conviction concentrated Australian equities fund. In late 2009, Males was joined by dedicated ...

Solaris struggles to find local gems

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2010
... Denis Donohue, managing director at Solaris Investment Management, said the investment team is finding it difficult to find alpha in the local market as macroeconomic issues continue to cloud prospects for many businesses. Donohue said news from debt-ridden ...

AMP Capital adds ESG researcher

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... Capital, he will provide ESG analysis for a number of sectors and engage companies on those matters for the Sustainable Alpha Australian Equities team. He starts this role mid-September and will work alongside Ian Woods, senior researcher, ESG at AMP ...