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Russell property fund goes global

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009
... The change is part of the fund's strategy to move towards fully global mandates in order to capture the higher potential alpha offered by global fund managers. AEW employs a value-orientated investment strategy designed to identify securities that are ...

FT opens global bond fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009
... government related or corporate issuers and derivatives. "Active management of a global fixed income's three primary source of alpha - currency, duration and credit exposure - enables investors to exploit country-specific differences and position for ...

Alpha selects Pengana volatility strategy

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
Alpha Fund Managers has added the Pengana Global Volatility strategy to its multi-manager line-up. The market neutral strategy invests in exchange traded North American future and options. "The consistency of returns since the strategy began and having ...

QIC chair Rowe exits

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
... personnel changes at the firm. Damian Lillicrap, former QIC head of portfolio design, and Charles Woodhouse, former head of alpha investments joined QSuper this month. Meanwhile, Rob Jewell, director of global macro and credit and Steven Smith, portfolio ...

Aviva names SMA model managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... access to 20 to 30 stocks. The Perennial Growth Shares provides access to 25 to 30 stocks for a 77 basis point fee. UBS' High Alpha Long Term Opportunity fund is another core offering that costs 62 basis points and more than 20 stocks. This caps off ...

OptiMix appoints new managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... strategy. "These managers offer distinctive investment and research approaches. Each has a particular approach to extract alpha from the market," said Emmanuel Calligeris, chief investment officer, multi strategies group, ING Investment Management. CrA(C)dit ...

Bennelong fund wins place with Alpha

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
Multi-manager Alpha Fund Managers has added a Bennelong Funds Management Australian equities fund to its Alpha Fund Series' multi-manager line-up. Launched in October last year, the Bennelong Australian equities strategy is managed by Bennelong Australian ...

QSuper bulks senior investment team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... Charles Woodhouse has 17 years of investment industry experience and joins QSuper after holding the position of head of alpha investments at QIC. Prior to QIC, Woodhouse spent eleven years with Stonebridge Capital Management in Los Angeles, where he ...

TechInvest tops fastest growing fundie table

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
... firm provides investors with three funds; the TI Intercept Capital Fund; TI Technology Investment Fund and the TI Explicit Alpha Fund. Steele said TechInvest is looking to hire extra staff to help the firm grow effectively. "This is an environment where ...

Transition mandates to reach record highs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
... performance fees will change and be much more oriented towards longer term performance rather than just on the last quarter's alpha," he added.