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Sweden's €25 billion men seek higher returns

00:01 | 09 Mar 2010 | By Angus Foote

Skandia CIO Hans Sterte and head of selection Per Lindgren are putting the emphasis on alternatives as they seek to maximise return- but they don't liek the term alpha and say there's no such thing as hedge funds.

Selector Sbeghen seeks index returns plus 6%

00:01 | 05 Mar 2010 | By Angus Foote

Marc Sbeghen from Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild knows what he wants – consistency. But a consistency that will bring regular returns of at least 6% over the benchmark, as he explains to Citywire.

A global health warning from Aberdeen’s $40 billion man

06:01 | 04 Mar 2010 | By Angus Foote

Aberdeen veteran Hugh Young explains why Asia will continue to rule the world and why major western economies may have more nasty shocks to come.

We want higher returns – just don’t call it alpha

07:30 | 19 Feb 2010 | By Angus Foote

Skandia Life CIO Hans Sterte and head of selection Per Lindgren are putting the emphasis on alternatives as they seek to maximise return – but they don’t like the term alpha and reject the idea that hedge funds are in a class of their own.

US equities: the most consistent performers revealed

11:01 | 15 Feb 2010 | By Divya Guha

Citywire analysis reveals that only three US equity managers have outperformed their peers for each of the past five years, and two of them are from Threadneedle.

High-flier Arguello goes for growth

06:30 | 24 Dec 2009 | By Angus Foote

A fund selector with a truly international background, Jaime Arguello has just taken up an influential position in London. Now he has ambitious plans to expand his team and grow third-party fund assets at Barclays Wealth.

The top global bond managers in Europe revealed

10:33 | 21 Dec 2009 | By Divya Guha

Who are the most consistent performers in global bonds?

Stephen Harker: GLG Japan star transforms his portfolio

12:19 | 17 Dec 2009 | By Philip Haddon

A contrarian, large-cap value approach has led GLG’s Japan CoreAlpha fund manager Stephen Harker to the top of his sector. He explains to Citywire why he has overhauled his portfolio in recent months and why he believes large caps will dominate the next decade.

Europe's top bond manager spells it out: 'I'm NOT an inflationista'

11:33 | 15 Dec 2009 | By Angus Foote

Stewart Cowley has outstripped his fellow managers by a big margin, and now he has a new fund to run. He thinks a turning point is approaching when reputations will be won and lost.

Asian equities: the top performers

08:01 | 14 Dec 2009 | By Divya Guha

We reveal the Asia ex Japan manager who has outperformed his peers for five consecutive years.

Newcits: what will hedge funds bring to the Ucits III space?

06:01 | 01 Dec 2009 | By Philip Haddon

There has been plenty of talk about the convergence of the Ucits III and hedge fund spheres, but what exactly is on offer in the space and how closely do these new strategies resemble hedge funds?

HSBC's Sobotka: fund selection units need critical mass

00:01 | 26 Nov 2009 | By Angus Foote

If it’s true that scale is increasingly important in fund selection, Raphaël Sobotka has reasons to feel confident about the future. The HSBC fund selector tells Citywire how he directs his buying power – and why the human factor is so important.

Bond star Morisseau profits from corporate credit

07:00 | 12 Nov 2009 | By Philip Haddon

Cédric Morisseau has had a storming year, with a 26% return making him the top performer in the global bond sector. How has he achieved such consistent success?

The top managers for Eurozone equity

07:00 | 11 Nov 2009 | By Divya Guha

Who are the best managers in the Equity Eurozone sector? Some of the most consistent performers have used very different approaches to generate returns.

Europe's most consistent financials managers revealed

06:31 | 26 Oct 2009 | By Divya Guha

Only three managers in the banks and financials sector have been able to outperform their peers over the past five years. We reveal the elite three here.

Options strategy boosts boutique star Beer

07:01 | 21 Oct 2009 | By Philip Haddon

Fundamental analysis is of no interest to AAA-rated boutique fund manager Robert Beer. His success is down to his options expertise and in-house quant system, as he explains to Citywire.

Revealed: the stars of emerging market debt

07:30 | 19 Oct 2009 | By Philip Haddon

We highlight the most consistent fund managers in this high-octane sector.

Forget decorrelation and look to absolute return, says Allianz selector Chiaromonte

12:42 | 07 Oct 2009 | By Pietro Cecere

Allianz fund selector Marco Chiaromonte is turning to absolute return funds in a major way, as the crisis has shown that decorrelation does not exist in traditional asset classes.

Simon shows the way as Asia recovers its star appeal

15:01 | 28 Sep 2009 | By Philip Haddon

Investors have been returning to Asian equities as their appetite for risk recovers, and leading the way is Hamon’s Hugh Simon, whose Asian Market Leaders fund has outperformed the sector by 47%.

How to build an alpha engine

10:27 | 18 Sep 2009 | By Angus Foote

Italian multimanager pioneers Raimondo Marcialis and Gianmarco Stanga earned a Citywire rating across five different funds in 2008 and although they have had a difficult few months, they are confident their tried and tested model will continue to deliver the goods.

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