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Chinese and Dutch investment giants explore long-term alliance

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
... employees, and one of the largest pension funds in the world. E Fund Management, meanwhile, provides active equity, index, fixed income and diversified strategies for Chinese mutual funds and manages over $181 billion in assets. The goal of the alliance ...

Fixed income, smart beta need better access

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
An Australian ETF provider is moving its focus towards fixed income and smart beta in the view that the local market is currently underserving investors. iShares Australia chief executive Jon Howie told the recent Bloomberg Buy-side Forum in Sydney ...

XTBs and SMAs a good match

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... released a white paper yesterday that details these thoughts, and takes a wider look at the implications for Australian fixed income among a "lower rates for longer" environment. "Until relatively recently, Australian retail investors have not felt the ...

Investors looking to real estate over infrastructure

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
... factors for the increase in allocation, which is being made via a range of products, including conventional equity and fixed income products as well as direct investments into alternatives such as real estate. India has become increasingly attractive ...

Societe Generale appoints director from Goldman Sachs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... Westpac. SocGen's cross asset solutions group operates within the global markets division, and combines equities, fixed income, currencies, commodities and funds capabilities.

Bentham hires portfolio manager from Credit Suisse

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... business," Bentham managing director Richard Quin said. Bentham actively manages credit, interest rate and FX risks in its fixed income portfolio, focusing on investments across a range of institutional quality asset classes, including senior secured ...

AMP Capital appoints NZ fixed income head

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
AMP Capital has appointed a new co-head of New Zealand fixed income. Vicky Hyde-Smith has been a part of the AMP Capital New Zealand team since 2001, joining as a fixed income analyst. Prior to that, she was on the proprietary trading team at Sumitomo ...

REST investments executive resigns

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
... contribution he provided to the REST executive and investment teams. Before joining REST, Walsh was previously head of fixed income at VicSuper. He has more than 18 years of financial services and asset management experience and has held various senior ...

Credit ratings agencies sign PRI statement

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... Environment Program (UNEP) Inquiry and a committee of PRI signatories, which include some of the world's largest fixed income investors. PRI managing director Fiona Reynolds said credit rating agencies are a crucial part of the puzzle for identifying ...

Equities out, alternatives in for pension funds

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... 2011 to 13.5% in 2014. As a point of difference, though, equity exposure has generally increased at the expense of fixed income. The US, Canada, Europe, Japan and Australia were the leaders in this "return-seeking behaviour." As an Australian example ...