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QIC breaks away from asset norm

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
... fund manager with over $70 billion in assets under management, has restructured its business along three lines, based on alpha, beta and capital management, as opposed to traditional asset classes. Following the restructure, QIC Asset Management, QIC ...

Trust and Russell redefine philanthropic investing

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
... property, alternative investment strategies, fixed interest and cash. Alternative investment strategies include portable alpha, global real estate or active currency approaches, said Chris Corneil, Russell investor services managing director. As part ...

EQT signs RE deal with Martin Currie

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
... has signed an agreement with Martin Currie Investment Management to act as the responsible entity for the firm's global alpha fund. Based in Scotland, Martin Currie Investment Management (Martin Currie) manages roughly $30 billion in active equity portfolios ...

CFS FirstChoice expands investments options

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
... is introducing three new funds into the local retail market. The three funds include a 130/30 fund, Colonial First State Alpha Plus-Core, Colonial First State Equity Income Fund and Colonial First State Global Infrastructure Securities. Kenny added that ...

Portfolio Partners appoints BD head

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
... opportunities within the global Aviva Investors Model. Falzon began her career at National Mutual/AXA in 1983, and joined Alpha Investment Management in 1998 where she was responsible for client services, business development and operations. Aviva's ...

Brookvine and ipac back Prisma

... based on the fund's profile. Second, the fund's performance has an almost close to zero beta returns and is predominantly alpha-driven. Third, because ipac a relatively big client to Prisma, they could carve a closer relationship with the group. As a ...

Man fund boosts alpha through bonds

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2008
Man Investment Australia has teamed up with nabCapital to launch a defensive portable alpha product that aims to milk returns independent of market fluctuations. Open to institutional investors, the Man RMF Bond Index Plus is designed to outperform ...

Currency replaces fixed income

... Stanley's London-based currency expert Alex Davey was in Australia this month to talk about the group's newly-launched FX Alpha fund range. The funds, Alpha and Alpha-plus, were launched in the US and Europe more than a year ago. They were launched in ...

MAN hedge fund gets top rating

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... ratings house's hedge fund of fund scoreboard. The fund gives investors the opportunity to invest in a currency hedged "high alpha" hedge fund of fund product that should delivery strong positive returns with low correlation to mainstream investment ...

Prime Super switches custody

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... strategy now included alternative investments, particularly private equity, absolute return funds and infrastructure, to gain alpha. The fund's equities portfolios are passively managed through index funds. "We've been a reasonably conservative fund ...