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Dangerous currents

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... European economy in the second half of this year, although "not a recession". But I wonder how much fudging went into his macro econometric model to come up with 0.2% growth in the third quarter and 0.1% in the last three months of 2011 - you know, just ...

AQR earns $150m of mandates for hedge fund strategy

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... Australia in 2009, is designed to deliver risk controlled exposure to a range of hedge fund strategies, including global macro, event driven, equity long-short and managed futures. The structure of the fund is deliberately transparent and understandable ...

Not looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
Financial market waters are getting more treacherous by the day. The signs are all around us - macro-economic fundamentals are deteriorating, systemic risk is growing and technical indicators of risk assets are breaking down. I'd like to able to conjure ...

Sustainability already impacting investments

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... years with risks and opportunities to impact, according to Jane Goodland, global head of sustainability at Towers Watson. Macro trends including demographic changes such as ageing populations, immigration, changing landscapes, land use, changing climate ...

Janus launches Asia equity strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... have between 60-100 holdings and track error range to benchmark of between 3-7% and assess potential investments from a macro perspective. Singapore-based portfolio manager, Hiroshi Yoh, will manage the fund with a team of analysts focused on regional ...

PM Gillard: super to support economic stability

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... growth, Prime Minister Gillard said superannuation plays a crucial role in the nation's economic stability, playing a key macro-economic role alongside fiscal and monetary policy. "In rocky international seas, super is an anchor," said Gillard, adding ...

Mercer awards three new mandates worth nearly $1 billion

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... Management at Mercer, said the active manager was a strong bottom-up stock selector and gives a strong consideration to the macro environment. Roberts said when constructing a multimanager portfolio it was important to establish a habitat for the managers ...

BTIM names new port specialist

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... Strategic Development at BT Financial Group, Dale Pereira has moved into the portfolio specialist role and will work with BTIM's Macro and Income Strategies boutiques. Pereira will have a key relationship with BTIM clients, sales group and key research ...

Hedge fund forum delivers expert speakers next month

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... in a 1/30/30 manager, so we have made some allocations there," he said. Tomlinson said SunSuper usually looks for global macro or equity managers based in the biggest capital markets of the world, London and New York, rather than Australia. The event ...

Lost GPS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
And so here we are ladies and gents. Very much unsure of where financial markets are gonna go. In times like these, it becomes so easy to get swept up by the mood of the mob. Someone shouts "sell" and everybody rush to the exits - never mind why, we ...