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Principal boutique launches currency fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
Macro Currency Group has launched the Principal High Alpha Currency fund, a Dublin-registered qualifying investor fund with AUD$40 million of external seed capital. The Fund is a sub-fund of the Principal Global Opportunities Series and uses the same ...

Bottoms up

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
Investors who view the world in macro terms often intuitively base their approach on a country's economic fundamentals. But new research suggests economic fundamentals may have little bearing on the performance of a country's stockmarket. According ...

Rising tide lifts hedge funds in September

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... 6.1 per cent compared to a 3.4 per cent decline in the index. Year to date, the best performing strategies included global macro, equity market neutral, and long only equities, the Australian Fund Monitors data shows. Internationally, it's a slightly ...

Van Eyk completes China review

NEWS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... product's high management and performance fees, with its base fee of 2 per cent per year the highest in the review group. From a macro perspective, the report highlights four factors why China remains an attractive investment destination. They include ...

Good for nothing war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
"War! huh-yeah What is it good for? Absolutely nothing..." Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong wrote this song in 1969 in protest of the Vietnam War. Its lyrics talk about the lost of lives and "tears to a thousand mothers' eyes". "War! It ain't nothing ...

Treasury rebuffs MySuper critics

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
A major speech given by senior Treasury officials shows how critics of MySuper are missing the point that there is a fundamental shift taking place in how policymakers believe the industry should factor in behavioral economics. David Gruen, who was ...

BTIM adds PM to macro strategies

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
Jason Petras was recruited as portfolio manager to work with Joe Bracken, head of BT Investment Management's Macro Strategies. Petras will be responsible for research, develop and implement quantitative strategies for the flagship Global Macro fund. ...

The future of super: Cooper

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... Jeremy Cooper. "Super funds will look more like banks in terms of their scale and sophistication and their influence in the macro economy," said Cooper, chair of the Cooper Review and panelist at yesterday's Russell 2010 Investment Summit. Casting further ...

Double positive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
"Oh, What a beautiful mornin', Oh, What a beautiful day. I got a beautiful feelin' Ev'erything's goin' my way." - Rogers/Hammerstein Sweeeet! Chances are you'll probably hear this word exclaimed or printed in referencing Wall Street's performance last ...

Fearing September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... stress that while the financial media are having a field day blowing everything out of negative proportions, the underlying macro trend remains one of recovery. For sure economic indicators have weakened over the summer but an economic pause is typical ...