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FT opens global bond fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009
Franklin Templeton Investments is using its fixed income clout and launching a multisector bond fund for institutional and retail clients. The Franklin Templeton Multisector Bond fund is designed to provide a combination of interest income and currency ...

Alaska fund appoints $310 debt mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
The $40 billion Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation has appointed a $310 million distressed debt mandate to Oaktree Capital Management. According to a media statement, the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation board of trustees has hired Oaktree to manage ...

Australian RMBS gains appeal

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
Ultra high net worth investors in Australia are starting to wade back into the Australian Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS) market, according to Merrill Lynch. Chris Selby, head of Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management in Australia, has ...

Future Fund seeks debt expert

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
The $58 billion Future Fund is looking to recruit a senior analyst specialising in debt and hedge funds. A recent statement on the Future Fund website notes that the fund is hunting for a senior analyst to focus on manager research in the debt and hedge ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly lower after US stocks, gold and copper fell on Friday. At 0741 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June SPI futures index was down 20 points at 3,467. In company news today, Sigma Pharmaceuticals ...

Fresh mint

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
Last night the US Federal Reserve made Wall Street an offer it could not refuse - 1.25 trillion freshly minted greenbacks. After heading south for most of the trading session, the S&P 500 changed direction and headed for a more than 2 per cent gain ...

Banks to benefit from new FI interface

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
Two leading technology providers, Yieldbroker and Omgeo, have joined forces to offer a fixed income processing platform designed to eliminate manual errors and reduce post-trade operational risks. Electronic trading platform Yieldbroker, which counts ...

Future Fund posts 1.81pc first quarter loss

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
The $63 billion Future Fund's overweight allocation to cash has paid off in the first quarter of this year - losing a mere 1.81 per cent when many funds suffered double-digit losses over the same period. This result, combined with the 2007/08 year ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
The Australian stock market was down about three per cent at noon after National Australia Bank (NAB) reported further losses related to its exposure to complex US mortgage-backed debt securities. The local bourse was also following Wall Street, which ...

Barclays emits carbon trading ETN

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
Barclays Bank PLC launched the iPath Global Carbon Exchange Traded Note (ETN) on the NYSE Arca stock exchange to provide investors with exposure to greenhouse gas emission trading schemes. The iPath ETN is linked to Barclay's Capital Global Carbon Index ...