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Winton fund returns 23.5pc

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
Trading in futures while banking successfully on the trends of the market downturn, the Winton Global Alpha Fund has rewarded investors with a hefty 23.5 per cent in returns over a one year period. The Winton Global Alpha Fund, open to financial advisers ...

Ascalon buys 50pc stake in Sigrun

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... Australian equities mandate for Ascalon's Seed Pool," said Lam. Ascalon boutique investment portfolio includes MacarthurCook, H3 Global Advisers, Alleron Investment Management, First Samuel, Above The Index Asset Management and Fortuna Funds Management. ...

SSgA wins $200m hedge fund replication mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
State Street Global Advisors has been selected by UK-based Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) to manage a $200 million hedge fund replication mandate. The Hedge Fund Beta Replication Strategy replicates the average performance of a group of hedge ...

Ventura breaks benchmark shackles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
Ventura Investment Management has added a Global Opportunities and High Growth 100 fund to its investment menu, both of which are benchmark agnostic. Both funds mirror the Russell funds by the same name. However, investors can access these funds via ...

Russell appoints CIOs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... the past decade making him well-positioned to assume additional responsibilities in the region," said Gunning, now the global CIO at Russell. A 16-year Russell veteran, Parish has held portfolio management positions in IM&R in Australia and London across ...

Half price hedge fund?

... The underlying hedge fund managers of the fund are selected by JANA and its new partner in the venture, Switzerland-based global alternative asset manager Partners Group. The fund has $300 million in seed capital and available to institutional investors ...

Russell bolsters adviser services team

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
... how their push into the financial advisers space is gaining traction particularly for their multi-manager, opportunistic, global property and 'higher alpha' alternative funds.

Alpha-beta separation boosts indexing

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2007
... advice is driving new inflows into index funds, according to Susan Darroch, head of structured products at State Street Global Advisors. While recent market returns have done little to harm index funds' reputations, Darroch said the desire for alpha ...

Scientific investing wins big

... of institutional investors embracing quantitative fund products has jumped in recent years with quant manager Barclays Global Investors (BGI) Australia reporting a five-fold increase in funds under management (FUM) to $50 billion since 2000. BGI chief ...

Skandia parts ways with Mercer

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
... the changes, Skandia also announced it would add 13 new funds and update the long-term asset allocations of its Skandia Global Access Portfolio multi-manager options from the end of July. The 13 new funds bring Skandia's platform to 110 funds, five of ...