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Active managed fund returns worsen against indices

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... underperformed their respective index benchmarks over the one, three, and five-year periods. Australian A-REIT and Australian bond funds had the worst relative performances, with more than 90% of funds underperforming the S&P/ASX 200 A-REIT and the S&P/ASX ...

FIIG inks $60m corporate bond deal

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... the option to invest in fixed and / or floating rate bonds, in another positive development for the expanding Australian bond market for midsized corporates."

Former Future Fund chief executive takes new role

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... advisory board of Jamieson Coote Bonds, having retired from his previous position in late 2013. JCB is an active Australian bond fund manager with a focus on Australian government securities. In his new role, Burgess will guide JCB principals Charlies ...

Don't underestimate LNG boom: BNP Paribas

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... would push up bond yields. With Japanese and European rates still on the floor as a result of quantitative easing, Australian bond yields will attract more capital. "Central banks have increased their allocation to Aussie dollars over the years on the ...

Quo vadis dollar-A?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
You wouldn't miss it even if you tried. Markit Economics did a dump - a dump of fresh PMI data, that is - but after a brief knee-jerk reaction from the financial markets, everything went back to where they were. As they should. This is because the November ...

FTSE and ASFA launch Australian bond indices

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) to launch a set of fixed income benchmarks covering the various segments of the Australian bond market. The FTSE ASFA Australia Bond Index Series will provide "a wide variety of index and bond level analytics ...

Active fund failure shown in new data

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
The vast majority of Australian active managed funds have under-performed their respective benchmark across virtually all sectors of the market over one, three and five years, the latest data from S&P Dow Jones Indices shows. The worst offending sector ...

Legg Mason receives first mFund inflow

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... mFund one day after listing six funds on the settlement service. The first investment was in the Western Asset Australian Bond Trust, and came through online broker Bell Direct. Legg Mason's other funds listed on mFund include multi-asset retirement ...

Coffey to raise $40 million via bond market

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
... lengthen the duration of its debt funding. "Coffey's bond offering is another positive development for the expanding Australian bond market for midsized corporates," Paton said. The number of non-bank corporate bond issues in Australia is on the rise ...

Legg Mason bond fund upgraded by Lonsec

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
The Legg Mason Australian Bond Trust has been upgraded by Lonsec to 'Highly Recommended.' The Trust is managed by Legg Mason's largest affiliate fund manager and fixed income specialist with US$469 billion under management, Western Asset Management. ...