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The disparity between corporate bond and government bond yields mean that opportunity exists for the right manager.

Looking at the best performing funds over the last year, its apparent that bonds have dominated the performance tables and with interest rates anticipated to drop further, underpriced bonds seem an attractive proposition for 2009.

Looking at bond yields, investors generally think that the higher the yield the better the investment. What has historically been

Super Alpha Fund 1

Founded in Austria in 1995, the Superfund Group was one of the first companies to offer retail investors access to managed futures funds and Whilst many fund managers are still licking the wounds of 2008, the Superfund Group has launched Australia’s newest managed futures fund, Super Alpha Fund 1 now manages over US $1.4 Billion in assets on behalf of over 50,000 investors in 20 countries. An investment fund suitable for investors either directly or through an SMSF

Although many investors feel that it is a fund managers job to disinvest from equities in a downturn and move back into equities as they bottom out. Most managed funds are constrained by their mandate to remain invested in equities at all times.As an unconstrained absolute return fund, the BlackRock AAA Fund’s ability to take advantage of opportunities in any market provided investors with exceptional returns in 2008.Having discussed the pros and cons of hedge funds in general and highligting