Active portfolio management

Steppenwolf is a specialised CTA (Commodity Trading Advisor) based in Switzerland and been recognised with a number of awards in the hedge fund industry. The Systematic Intelligence Strategy is a diversified 100% systematic portfolio with four core investment strategies in Equities, FX, Interest Rates and Commodities. The strategies are dynamically weighted, allowing complete de-allocation from an asset class and avoiding over fitting and a pre-established bias. All Strategies are lowly correlated to each other, supported by the use of fundamentally different economic theories.

Smarter Money Investments Pty Ltd (SMI) was founded in 2011 to focus on absolute return fixed-income strategies. SMI is 50% owned by its investment team via Coolabah Capital Investments Pty Ltd with the remaining half held by SMI's strategic retail distribution partner. SMI is an active manager with a proven track-record of delivering superior risk-adjusted returns in the liquid cash plus & short-term fixed interest asset-classes through bottom-up & top-down quantitative pricing capabilities and relentless qualitative due diligence.

Premium China Funds Management (“Premium”) is a boutique funds management group providing specialist Asian equity and fixed-income funds to both Australian and New Zealand investors. Capturing the growing economies and influence of emerging Asia, Premium has developed 4 actively managed funds - the Premium China Fund, Premium Asia Fund, Premium Asia Property Fund and Premium Asia Income Fund. The funds are managed by a large and experienced team with offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore. The directors and investment managers of Premium and its fund offerings have extensive knowledge in Asian equity and credit markets, wealth management, and other financial services.

Vontobel Asset Management is an active asset manager with global reach and a multi-boutique approach. Each of Vontobel’s boutiques draws on specialised investment talent, a strong performance culture and robust risk management. Vontobel’s commitment to active management empowers them to invest on the basis of their convictions. They deliver value through the diverse and highly specialised teams who create strategies and solutions covering equities, fixed-income, multi-asset and alternatives investments. The goal of achieving excellent and repeatable performance has been fundamental to their approach since 1998.

Alexander Funds was established in 2009 to provide retail and wholesale investors with access to opportunities in the fixed income credit markets that they wouldn’t otherwise be able to achieve through larger institutional funds.

Since its founding in 1899, Legg Mason has evolved into one of the largest asset management firms in the world, serving individual and institutional investors on six continents. Today, Legg Mason is a leading global investment company committed to helping clients reach their financial goals through long-term, actively managed investment strategies. The multi-affiliate business model helps their experts focus fully on performance delivery, while the team at Legg Mason provides a single seamless point of contact for solution delivery.

PIMCO is a leader global investment management firm with more than $790 billion in assets under management as of 30 September 2008 and more than 1000 employees in offices in Newport Beach, New York, Singapore, Tokyo, London, Sydney, Munich, Toronto, and Hong Kong. Throughout PIMCO's 37-year history, they have been at the forefront in sectors like mortgage-backed securities and emerging market bonds. PIMCO remain's at the forefront today, pioneering the use of innovative solutions for their clients, including portable alpha and absolute return strategies.