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Ord Minnett Enhanced Income Fund gets IWL thumbs up

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2006
... According to IWL, the fund provides good liquidity, very low capital risk and delivers returns slightly better than cash. Alpha is derived from high quality credit funds and small duration exposures through its fund allocation. IWL said in its rating ...

High conviction alpha drives Alleron skyward

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2006
... things is what is resonating with customers." The acid test, however, are the returns, which Littler says are 7 per cent alpha annualised in the past 20 months. Alleron is currently $300 million but shooting towards $350 million on the back of our involvement ...

Not sold on high conviction: WestLB Mellon

... comparison study by investment manager WestLB Mellon Asset Management (WMAM). With high conviction funds gaining popularity among alpha-hungry investors, WestLB decided to put the idea to the test, comparing a high conviction fund with a traditional ...

Mellon launches global alpha bond

Mellon Global Investments Australia has launched the Mellon Global Bond Alpha Trust in response to rising investor demand for higher yielding fixed income products. The group said the Global Bond Alpha Trust builds on the success of the Mellon Global ...

Lonsec rates Mellon's experience

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2006
Advance Asset Management's Global Alpha Fund has been given a recommended rating by Lonsec following a review of the management team and processes. The fund, managed by Mellon Capital Management Corporation, is a global macro fund predominantly made ...

Basis Capital takes top hedge funds honour

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2006
... Market Neutral Fund Award - Fortitude Capital - Best Global Macro / Futures Fund Award - Merrill Lynch Asset Allocation Alpha Fund - Best Fund of Fund 2006 Award - Asia Pacific Australian Equity Opportunity Fund Series 1 - Best Investor supporting Australian ...

Global property securities funds "strong": InvestorWeb

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2006
... said. Ashton added that the market still displays inefficiencies due to its immaturity but added it presents investors with "alpha" generating opportunities. "It's such a new asset class, and some people will make mistakes along the way so it's an inefficient ...

OptiMix adds emerging markets to diversified portfolio

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2006
... in picking countries and stocks. The other managers make up the satellite allocation. These managers lift the long-term alpha prospects of the portfolio without significantly increasing the risk," Calligeris said. "Both satellite managers will enable ...

Mellon scores $10m global alpha mandate

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2006
... has been awarded a $10 million mandate from MasterSuper. The $10 million MasterSuper mandate will go to Mellon's Global Alpha Trust, a relative value multi-strategy fund approaching three years since its inception. The Global Alpha Trust is sub-advised ...

There's room for more alpha: T. Rowe Price

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2006
... the incumbency that pervades [the market]& And we think there's a lot of room for T. Rowe Price, particularly with this alpha chasing environment," said Murray Brewer, director Australia and New Zealand. Formed in 1937 by Thomas Rowe Price, Jr, T. Rowe ...