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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 ...

CSRF chases alpha

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... Management a $100 million mandate each to capture short-term equity market opportunities. The mandates were allocated to the BGI Alpha Advantage Equity fund and the BlackRock Australian Quant Strategies fund. The BGI fund uses a 120/20 long short investment ...

QIC fixed interest bucks trend

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
... "For example, if a client wants to maintain a specific market exposure versus a cash plus approach, we can combine the GFI Alpha Fund with a synthetically created fixed interest or equity market exposure that will resemble a traditional benchmark structure," ...

Solaris strikes $400m FUM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... Industry Superannuation Scheme of South Australia had awarded a mandate to the firm. The boutique's two funds, Core and High Alpha, outperformed the S&P/ASX200 Accumulation Index by more than four and six per cent respectively since the end of July. ...

Henderson wins $275m fixed income mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... Cheshire Pension Fund. According to a statement by HGI, the assets will be invested in the recently launched Henderson High Alpha Gilt Fund and Henderson High Alpha Credit Fund. These fixed income funds aim to outperform traditional UK benchmarks by ...

Omega recruits head of operations

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... strategy for the business, its product range and investment solutions. He joins Omega, which is partly owned by Macquarie, from Alpha Investment Management where he held a senior operations role, responsible for investment operations, fund accounting ...

BNP Paribas responds to alpha demand

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
... Paribas Investment Partners managing director, said the fund responds to demands from Australian investors seeking higher alpha portfolios. "This fund is built stock by stock - it is completely benchmark agnostic. In addition, the long term focus on ...

BlackRock absorbs Impact

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... deal is significant not only because it vindicates investor demand for fund managers to be more accountable on delivering alpha but it also means the Australian wealth management market has world-class finance technology in its own backyard. Impact is ...

S&P names 2008 Fund Awards finalists

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
Many familiar names and a handful of boutique funds are named among the finalists of this year's 2008 Standard & Poor's Fund Awards. Standard & Poor's Fund Services, together with national newspaper The Australian, are awarding outstanding fund managers ...

Russell and Mercer lead MM pack

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... Fuller, Lonsec analyst. The review found more multi managers are accessing boutiques and "aggressive managers" to boost alpha. In addition, the research and ratings firm found more managers are actively pursuing new sources of uncorrelated returns, using ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN  |   12:33PM
Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA  |   11:56AM
Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI  |   11:09AM
The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA  |   12:20PM
MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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