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Responsible investing gains momentum

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007

... values-lead or specialist funds, commonly known as ethical or socially and responsible investing (SRI). The second is for alpha-enhancing funds that actively try to find misspriced opportunities in the market. The third is for beta-securing approaches ...

Assets growth kills alpha: State Street

CHRIS NICHOLLS | TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007

Assets under management (AUM) growth can have a significant impact on alpha generation unless models are altered to deal with capacity issues, according to State Street Associates vice president Simon Myrgren. Myrgren said State Street had developed ...

Global competition drives local investor services

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007

... said examples of these more complex services are the move to after-tax performance reporting, active extension investing, alpha and beta separation, managing the high number of boutiques now popular with super funds, monitoring private equity investments ...

Quant experts enter new continuum

CHRIS NICHOLLS | WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007

... investments Nelson Lam will sit on the Continuum board. The company will focus initially on Australian equities, with Core, High-Alpha and Long/Short funds. All funds will be 100 per cent quantitative and rely on an after-tax benchmark. Continuum said ...

ING IM tailored to suit

... management team to cater for recent developments in the investments industry, particularly growing institutional demand for alpha/beta-specific strategies. It's not quite a radical departure from ING IM's old model but new chief executive David McClatchy ...

All about Eve

SUZY MAC | TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007

... five years earlier than men. But the down side of this trend is that money can't buy love and with all the complexities of alpha females versus beta males, rich women are apparently an intimidating prospect for many men on less spectacular incomes. This ...

CFS GAM appoints alpha execs

MICHAEL HOBBS | FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007

Colonial First State Global Asset Management has expanded its Alpha Strategies team, appointing Leah Kelly to senior investment analyst and Ondre Ozer to investment analyst. Prior to this appointment, Kelly worked in portfolio construction and management ...

Rocketing small caps slow big cap funds

CHRIS NICHOLLS | FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007

... underperforming large cap manager. The company found that while the large cap fund manager was doing its job and providing alpha, it still underperformed the index due to the turbocharged performance of small caps in recent times. Inalytics founder and ...

CFS awards $450m portable alpha mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS | TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007

... First State's (CFS) FirstChoice platform has awarded Franklin Templeton Investments a A$450 million fixed income portable alpha mandate. The mandate is part of First Choice's Multi Manager Fixed Interest portfolio. Franklin Templeton will pair its global ...

Currency hedging key to international returns

CHRIS NICHOLLS | WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2007

... 16 per cent of funds surveyed saying they now used active currency overlay. 56 per cent of funds also said they separated alpha from beta in their currency strategies.

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN

Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA

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

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

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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