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MM over-diversification a myth: Russell

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007

... get a return lower than the best of the managers," he added. "Blending is a good thing [only] if we combine managers with alpha, especially when the alphas are uncorrelated."

MGI launches Queen Street Partners

MICHAEL HOBBS | TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2007

... companies have always had a deep research focus and the flexibility to respond to new developments in the industry such as alpha-beta separation, emerging boutique managers, new business models and investment strategies."

T-Charter has limitations

MICHAEL HOBBS | THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007

... managers. "Poorly managed transitions decades ago would cost multiples of percentage points, you would destroy all of the alpha through all the frictional costs," Rothenberg said. He said Russell feared clients could use the T-Charter document as an ...

All aboard SimCorp Xpress

... two dominant trends driving this. One is that everybody's looking for efficiency gains and two, everybody's looking for alpha," said Ravn. That search for alpha has prompted many fund managers to push further into alternative investments. While they ...

Apostle launches US small-mid cap

MICHAEL HOBBS | TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2007

... small mid cap value product would attract two types of institutional investors, core global equity manager seeking extra alpha and those managers looking for small cap regional specific strategies," West said. Lee Lahourcade, president and chief executive ...

JANA and InTech lead IC scoreboard

... However, a closer inspection of the data suggested that when an IC gets it right, they can provide a significant amount of 'alpha' to clients. For example, in the growth portfolios, Australian shares and international shares categories, JANA stood out ...

Investing by 2020

Fund managers struggling to deliver pure alpha now will have an even tougher time by 2020 as new technologies and competition transform what is considered alpha today to beta tomorrow, said Harry Liem, senior associate at Mercer's investment consulting. ...

QIC awards $80m long/short mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS | MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007

... fit" than Legg Mason for the QIC portfolio. "They're a manager we have high conviction in, we think they're bringing an alpha active return to the portfolio where we didn't have a lot of exposure before, and as a consequence we think they're fairly well ...

Fund managers must raise benchmarks

... collectively better off after the bid collapsed. "Often when investors look at active managers, they're thinking simply about alpha or excess return generation but here's an example where the benchmark is essentially higher because of the activism in ...

Low frills, high returns

... Keep the stock churn low and keep an eye on the after-tax returns and, presto, you have a fund that has genuinely created "alpha", according to Mercer figures. This month Hyperion has launched an Australian equities large-cap fund that follows the same ...

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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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