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Legg Mason launches macro bond fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... Opportunities Bond Fund sits alongside other highly rated Legg Mason funds including Real Income, Equity Income, Australian Bond, Global Opportunistic Fixed Income and Multi Asset Retirement Income funds. Legg Mason has about US$670 billion under management ...

Bond investors must relax benchmark constraints

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... appropriate performance gauge, even for globally diversified portfolios. There are a few reasons for this - firstly, the Australian bond market offers a positive yield. Secondly, clients want positive returns and so a positive benchmark is the logical ...

Lifeplan increases investment bond options

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... available through NextGen the new choices include: Vanguard Balanced Index Fund Vanguard Growth Index Fund PIMCO Australian Bond Fund PIMCO Global Bond Fund Fidelity Australian Equities Fund Vanguard International Shares Index Fund (Hedged) AUD Magellan ...

Legg Mason bond trust upgraded

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
The Legg Mason Australian Bond Trust has been upgraded by 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. ...

Advisers leading ETF investment charge

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
Financial advisers are playing a major role in the increase of exchange-traded fund holdings among investors as use of these indexed investment vehicles is also becoming more sophisticated. Vanguard and Tria Investment Partners have released research ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... trend is also seen in the market-based measure of inflation expectations - the gap between the nominal 10-year Australian bond yield and the yield on 10-year Treasury Indexed Bonds. The current differential (11 May) is down to 1.34%, down from 1.51% ...

SPIVA report paints sad picture for active management

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
... LargeMidCap Index. Only 15% of Australian equity A-REIT managers outperformed the S&P/ASX 200 A-REIT, and 87% of Australian bond managers underperformed the S&P/ASX Australian Fixed Interest 0+ Index. Commenting impartially on the new data, the report ...

Nikko handed Japanese fixed income mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
Nikko Asset Management Australia's fixed income team has been awarded its first Japanese institutional mandate, effective this month. The fund manager said the new partnership, which sees Nikko AM manage a tailored Australian fixed income solution for ...

UBS releases mFund basket

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... mFund. These are: the UBS Australian Small Companies Fund, UBS Microcap Fund, UBS HALO Australian Share Fund, UBS Australian Bond Fund, UBS Diversified Credit Fund, UBS Diversified Fixed Income Fund, UBS Tactical Beta Fund - Balanced, UBS Tactical Beta ...

SPIVA report shows most active managers beaten by index again

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... active funds (89.55%) underperformed the benchmark over five years. In the fixed income space, not a single active Australian bond fund outperformed its benchmark over a one-year period and only 13.73% beat the S&P/ASX Australian Fixed Interest Index ...