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Markets prompt adviser asset allocation review: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
Extreme market conditions are forcing most advisers to reassess client portfolios and consider alternative investment options, latest survey data reveals. About two-thirds (63%) of 200 financial advisers canvassed in Russell Investments' Australian ...

Bennelong subsidiary names first boutique partners

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... firms. Established earlier this month by two former Schroders investment managers, Tellworth Investments is an absolute return fund manager investing primarily in small and mid-cap UK equities, and is the first of the two new partners. Under the partnership ...

Multi-asset strategy enters Aussie retail market

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
... "institutionalisation" of financial advice dealer groups has attracted a London-based asset manager to open its multi-asset absolute return fund to Australian retail investors. Already established in Australia and managing about $2.5 billion for local ...

Alternatives managers celebrated at annual event

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
... Resources Fund which was named Best Emerging Manager, Aberdeen took home Best Multi-Strategy Fund for its Multi-Asset Real Return Fund, and Man Investments was named the Best Offshore Manager Operating in Australia. At the individual level, Australia ...

Currency trend is not our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
Only one thing is certain about floating exchange rates, they float...up and down. A currency's direction would be easier to predict if, and only if, it does not stir up reactions in the macro-economy and central bank policy responses. Take for example ...

The problem with currency extrapolation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
It seemed so long ago now that a "bag the Aussie dollar" campaign was what we read in financial media. The Australian dollar was trading at about US$0.75 then, it closed at US$0.7832 on 14 July and is currently trading at US$0.78. It's exactly two months ...

Schroders managers join Bennelong UK business

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... because BennBridge has agreed in principle to become the investment manager of Schroders' SARFCO UK Dynamic Absolute Return Fund and SAS UK Dynamic Absolute Return Fund. Should the agreement go ahead, subject to regulatory approval, the latter fund will ...

Aussie hedge fund eyes US expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
An award-winning Australian hedge fund manager is setting up shop in the US with a Manhattan office and new local and international hires. NWQ Capital Management, based in Perth and led by managing partners Jonathan Horton and Stuart McClure, has appointed ...

Challenger recruits CBA research manager

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... arrangements, including an annuities partnership with BT Panorama, a white-labelled Standard Life Investments absolute return fund and the establishment of a new small-caps boutique. Challenger chief executive Brian Benari told Financial Standard at ...

Fund manager appoints new COO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... both) for the ASX-listed HHY Fund, Aurora Global Income Trust, Aurora Property Buy-Write Income Trust, Aurora Absolute Return Fund and Aurora Dividend Income Trust. As above, Aurora and its former owner Keybridge Capital are currently in the process ...