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Toot those Vuvuzelas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010

Investors review global fixed income

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... looking to reduce their passive fixed income mandates and cull their international exposure as concerns of Europe's sovereign debt crisis escalate, according to QIC. Susan Buckley, managing director - global fixed interest at QIC, said fixed interest ...

Turning Bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... breath a life of its own and feed on itself. We've seen this in action over the past few months as fear of Greece's sovereign debt crisis snowballed into a worldwide financial market panic. Nervy investors are opting out of risky assets. This sends equity ...

Future Fund chair attacks RSPT

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... short-term purpose," he said. Murray then directly entered the controversy over whether the tax is adding to Australia's sovereign risk. "If we can't achieve a design that does not penalise the existing projects, that's a sovereign risk issue and a design ...

BT names head of income & fixed interest

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... new role was twofold; to provide greater clarity of structure for clients around our capabilities in cash, credit and sovereign fixed income," he said. "Secondly [it was] to provide greater focus and resourcing in this part of our business in order to ...

More worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
"I've got chills, they're multiplying. And I'm losing control..." Grease. With European sovereign debt crisis still dangling over their heads like a "Damocles sword" - hey, isn't he Greek? - financial markets are again presented another source of worry. ...

Changing of the guard at Temasek

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
Australian fund managers looking to do business with Asian sovereign fund Temasek will need to woo new leaders at the firm namely the new president and the new head of portfolio management announced last week. Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara has been appointed ...

RIP May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... careful what you wish for as this has a tendency to become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Right now, the fear is that the sovereign debt crisis in Europe threatens Europe's financial and economic system -- extrapolated into threats to the global financial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... A weak report on consumer spending and income added to the bearish sentiment. News that Fitch Ratings downgraded the sovereign debt of Spain to AA+ from its top AAA rating accelerated stock selling in mid-session. Fitch said it lowered the credit rating ...

PIMCO favours Latin American and Asian bonds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
PIMCO has tilted its Global Bond Fund towards sovereign bonds in Latin America and Asia, shunning bonds from developed and emerging Europe. Peter Dorrian, head of global wealth management at PIMCO Australia, said Latin America and Asian countries, prior ...