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Big mandates, big risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... funds, worth a collective US$4 trillion, commonly give large mandates to external investment houses such as BlackRock, Aberdeen, Schroder, PIMCO and Goldman Sachs for management. "When you take sovereign wealth funds as clients, there is a risk," said ...

AUI signs up fixed income veteran

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... (AUI) has created a new fixed income team through a joint venture with experienced fund manager Bill Bovingdon. Former Aberdeen CEO Bovingdon set up a boutique funds management business called Altius Asset Management, focusing on fixed income. It is ...

Hedge research warns against poor risk analytics

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... volatility rose to 18 per cent from 8 per cent a year earlier. Stuart James, senior investment manager at Aberdeen Asset Management, said Australian fund manager should take note of the concerns raised by investors. "I would agree that given the unprecedented ...

Aberdeen mounts case for active fixed income investing

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... maturity, as well as opportunities outside the universe of the index. According to Rainmaker Information to June 30th, Aberdeen was the seventh largest fixed interest manager in Australia with more than $10 billion in locally sourced fixed interest assets ...

RMBS under the spotlight

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... will pile back into the RMBS market in the future to pre-GFC levels, remains up for debate. In June, Aberdeen Asset Management flagged that it was tilting its local fixed income portfolios towards Australian RMBS to capitalise on wide spreads in the ...

When Irish eyes are frowning

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... taxpayers has led to fears over haircuts on bond investments. Victor Rodriguez, head of fixed income at Aberdeen Asset Management Australia, said that the risk of creditors being forced to take a haircut at some point down the line "is not being fully ...

Funds eye Yuan bond market

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... as only investors with a Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (QFII) license can participate. And Aberdeen Asset Management has achieved just that, announcing that is had obtained a QFII license earlier this month. "China has seen substantial growth ...

Karagianis moves to MLC

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... Besides working for four years at UBSGAM, Karagianis was previously the head of asset allocation at Aberdeen Asset Management. Prior to that, he was a director at County Investment Management and associate director and head of capital markets research ...

RMBS market low risk and high return: Aberdeen

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
Aberdeen Asset Management is tilting its local fixed income portfolios toward Australian residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) to capitalise on wide spreads in the "bullet proof" asset class. Victor Rodriguez, head of fixed income at Aberdeen ...

BTIM names software provider for platform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... director at Cadis Asia Pacific. Cadis' existing Asia Pacific client book includes HSBC, Invesco and Aberdeen Asset Management.