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Franklin Templeton launches EM fund

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... said "the role of emerging market economies has grown significantly and can provide model portfolios with an additional alpha source." The firm practices a bottom-up stock selection process and a "value investment philosophy" to its funds management ...

Aberdeen adds to fixed income Core

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
... Asset Management has created a fixed income fund that goes beyond traditional fixed income investing to generate higher alpha returns. The Aberdeen Core Plus Fund is actively managed across domestic bonds but included exposure to uncorrelated investments ...

Buy side problems FIX'd

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008

Int'l equities full of quality: S&P

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... concentrated. "There has been this movement of managers and investors wanting more bang for their buck in terms of the production of alpha so managers setup these more concentrated portfolios to try and bring those best ideas into those portfolios," ...

SSgA wins $200m hedge fund replication mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... make a passive allocation to access beta, and to only pay hedge fund like-fees where they can identify genuine hedge fund alpha producers," said Lakhani. According to Lakhani, less than 15 per cent of hedge fund of fund returns could be attributed to ...

BUSSQ grants $50m to T.Rowe Price

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
... away from the firm but we felt there was an uncomfortable level of manager risk." He said T.Rowe Price's ability to add alpha and the level of active risk within the portfolio influenced their decision to change managers.

CalPERS pumps cash into fund-of-funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... managers. New York-based Quotient Investors is a new quantitative equity management firm specialising in industry-specific alpha modeling. The firm will run two portfolios: $107.6 million in a large cap core product and $53.8 million in a small cap core ...

AXA Rosenberg eyes emerging markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
... Rosenberg plans to launch an emerging market fund in the Australian market in three months, tailored to suit a super fund's 'alpha needs'. Douglas Burton, managing director and head of investments in Australia and New Zealand at AXA Rosenberg, said the ...

Ventura breaks benchmark shackles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... their skills regardless of country or sector positions. It takes off those benchmark shackles and lets the managers add alpha according to their skill," said Kate Mulligan, Ventura managing director. Based on historical modeling the Global Opportunities ...

Russell appoints CIOs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... Sydney to support Caspar's regional input. "As well as being the key architect in launching and managing Russell's portable alpha fund, Symon has developed a strong, long term investment performance track record," said Gunning. These appointments follow ...