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Global fixed income manager mulls active bond ETFs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
... super fund clients. Addressing a media briefing in Sydney this week, executives of Legg Mason-aligned Western Asset Management spoke of the high barriers to entry in the fixed income market for SMSFs, proposing actively managed bond ETFs as a potential ...

Bond funds complete circle for Legg Mason

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... underperform on an absolute basis. On a relative basis people still want access to that kind of strategy. "Western Asset Management has an unconstrained macro opportunities fund which also draws on all the levers you can imagine to generate a targeted ...

A new narrative for diversification: Western Asset

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... bank activity has hurt the traditional diversification narrative, according to product specialist at Western Asset Management Robert Abad. Speaking with Financial Standard about the launch of the Legg Mason Western Asset Macro Opportunities Bond Fund ...

Rate cut would do little to help economy: WAM

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... rate cut at next week's RBA meeting, although, according to head of investment management Australia at Western Asset Management, Anthony Kirkham, a rate cut might not be the right answer. With inflation running below target and the RBA considered an ...

Legg Mason bond trust upgraded

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
... Zenith to 'Highly Recommended'. The trust is managed by Legg Mason's largest affiliate fund manager, Western Asset Management, a fixed income specialist with $US436 billion under management. The strategy invests principally in government bonds, corporate ...

Fixed income China's sweet spot

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... bond markets can provide investors with strong yield and diversification opportunities, according to Western Asset Management. In a whitepaper discussing the significance of the Chinese economy in global markets, head of investment management Asia and ...

Western AM says credit to be positive in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
Western Asset Management believes 2016 will be a positive year for credit investors because it is a compelling investment in the current economic climate. The global fixed income manager's deputy chief investment officer, Michael Buchanan, said in a ...

CIO says low bond market rates to continue

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
Western Asset Management chief investment officer Ken Leech believes the bond market will have reasonably low rates for longer than market participants thought at the beginning of 2015. Leech said the normalising of interest rates by the US Federal ...

Western unconstrained strategy wins first mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
One of Western Asset Management's unconstrained strategies has won its first mandate from a large institutional investor in Australia. Western client service and marketing executive Michael Dale did not give more details about who the investor was or ...

PIMCO exec joins Western Asset Management

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
Legg Mason affiliate and fixed income specialist Western Asset Management has appointed a new head of client service and marketing. Michael Dale joins the fund manager from PIMCO where he worked within client service, focusing primarily on business ...