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Rising tide lifts hedge funds in September

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... According to figures from the EDHEC-Risk Institute - which is affiliated with one of France's top business schools - emerging markets and long/short equity were the most profitable strategies in September, both with near 4.3 per cent returns. These returns ...

CFSGAM wins $30m mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... the CFSGAM team is very well positioned to exploit," said Tim Hughes, NGS investment counsel. "We already have emerging markets and credit investments with CFSGAM and we have been impressed by their approach to integrating governance, environmental and ...

Queuing for QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... deficits and reduce their debt burden. The answer lies in fast growing China, India, the rest of Asia and other emerging markets. But can't win there either. Thanks to their respective government's interventionist policies, their local produce and exports ...

Rediscovering our Indian Ocean character

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
... the continent occupied for 26 of the past 28 centuries. Australian investors should dramatically increase their emerging markets equity exposure to benefit from this, he said. As concerns grow over the economy's dangerous dependence on China, Power pointed ...

Seeking alpha in EM small caps

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010
One way investors can make better returns through their emerging markets mandates is by refining them down to the small caps sector, say experts. Investors should by now be familiar with the anticipated shift of emerging market economies, as they mature ...

India funds in short supply

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... the idea is not high on the list. Keenan said Australian investors tend to favour taking a broader approach to emerging markets, citing the popularity of iShares MSCI emerging markets ETF, which has a 7 per cent allocation to India, and is more actively ...

REST Super taps Asia directly

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... see it as a dominant way in which we invest - we will continue to fund global mandates with the flexibility of emerging markets," he said. REST Super has traditionally obtained exposure to Asia through broader global equities mandates. "We have a broad ...

AQR wins $330m-plus insto mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... manager selection and portfolio construction services. Ibbotson Associates invested in both the fund and AQR's emerging markets strategy. Meanwhile, the firm is also expecting a further $225 million from another industry super fund investor into global ...

Legg Mason Permal Global Absolute Trust earns high rating

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... that aims to take advantage of a number of global equity scenarios including the state of the Yen, commodities, emerging markets and alternative strategies with a focus on global macro investing. According to Legg Mason, the fund aims to produce a gross ...

Global and Asian mandates up for grabs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... The fund is also looking to award around $52 million to fund managers with specialties in the Asia Pacific and emerging markets. However, the mandate will be broken into two lots. The first will pertain to the Pacific Basin (ex-Japan) equity portfolio ...