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Stand by one manager: T Rowe Price

CHRIS NICHOLLS | THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2007

Generating alpha in the current global equities market meant employing only one manager per portfolio and conducting a lot of research into bottlenecks, according to visiting T Rowe Price vice president, Darrell Riley. Speaking at the Financial Standard ...

Listed FoHFs gain traction

ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007

... now has A$2 billion under management through a range of listed vehicles, including an equities fund, a trading fund, an alpha strategies fund and the FOHF. While the Dexion Absolute Capital FoHF is managed by Harris Associates, each fund has a different ...

UBS Australia imports global strength

... rank is the UBS Absolute Return Series 1 Fund which will be launched next month. It is modeled against the US-based Dynamic Alpha Strategy (DAS) portfolio, which was set up in 2003, amid the tech wreck days when US investors wanted an alternative to ...

Fixed income reinvented: Lehman

... contribution or building up their assets, many are planning to cover their liabilities through higher returns. "There is this alpha and beta separation where they [pension funds] are putting more resources into investment professionals looking after ...

Credit Suisse nabs ING small caps team

CHRIS NICHOLLS | FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007

... Rajeev supporting them, we have considerably increased our investment management capacity and our ability to add positive alpha for the clients invested in our fund." New Aussie equities head Giubin said he and his fellow new appointees were looking ...

Billion dollar baby

CHRIS NICHOLLS | THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2007

Forget oil or dotcoms, the best way to make money fast is hedge fund management, according to Alpha magazine's top 25 rankings of hedge fund earners, with 2006 winner James Simons personally pulling in a staggering US$1.7 billion. In comparison, last ...

IXIS wins $450m CFS mandate

HAMISH MADDEN | WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007

... bonds, the mandate allows Loomis Sayles to invest in high-yield securities, emerging market debt and senior bank loans to add alpha. Deborah Alliston, IXIS Australia's investment director, said, "We are pleased to welcome Colonial First State as a valued ...

Bigger teams, more products for fixed interest: S&P

CHRIS NICHOLLS | TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007

... alike, making peer group analysis difficult. The report also pointed out a major sector problem was beta being dressed up as alpha, with managers trying to claim skill in outperforming benchmarks completely unrelated to the actual assets of the fund. ...

Vanguard puts case for passive-active allocation

... the key is to use indexing as a central building block of a portfolio, and then try to find quality active managers to add alpha or outperformance." But finding active managers is the hard part. "Like Europe, the Australian marketplace is dominated by ...

Fund managers better buyers than sellers

HAMISH MADDEN | TUESDAY, 17 APR 2007

... managers are optimists. They're always looking for the next best position. Although these purchases often generate positive alpha, they don't offset the loss of alpha caused by poor selling decisions," explained managing director of Inalytics (Asia Pacific) ...

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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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