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Active manager launches credit strategy

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
... investors," Strano said. "Additionally, in being a floating rate and absolute return portfolio, and with an average investment grade profile, we are ideally positioned to construct defensive and highly diversified portfolios for a rising yield environment." ...

Global asset manager expands Australian offering

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
... in the next two to three years. He said it's a high-yield play but at the defensive end. "Bank loans are sub-investment grade but they sit above high-yield bonds so you can get a fairly healthy coupon in terms of the income component," Grobler said. ...

NZ manager launches retirement product

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... into the fund, which will invest in a balanced portfolio of 3000 investments in 23 countries; 55% is invested in investment grade bonds and 45% in local and international shares. Investments are managed by Simplicity as well as Vanguard. The guaranteed ...

Cooper Investors opens door to retail

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
... both the Cooper Investors Global Equities Fund (Hedged) and Cooper Investors Global Equities Fund (Unhedged) as "investment grade". Both products are currently available on the HUB24 and Powerwrap platforms, and Cooper Investors said the funds will likely ...

PIMCO de-risks ahead of expected recession

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... is turning towards what Fels called the "safer paths of the credit spectrum." "We've moved from high-yield to investment grade. We like some asset-backed securities; in the US, we still like assets in the housing sector, like mortgage-backed securities. ...

VanEck to launch smart beta bond ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... Australian-issued corporate bonds. Individual issuer exposure is capped at 5%, and 80% of the bonds in the index are investment grade. The ETF carries a management fee of 0.32% per annum. "PLUS provides a new opportunity for investors seeking exposure ...

Smarter Money funds get Lonsec tick

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... been given a "recommended" rating by Lonsec. The Smarter Money Active Cash (SMAC) strategy was upgraded from "investment grade" by Lonsec as a result of the research house's "high regard for the fund's senior portfolio managers Darren Harvey and Christopher ...

CFSGAM grows global fixed income team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... Known as First State Investments outside of Australia and based in New York, the team of five will manage sub-investment grade corporate bond portfolios led by Matt Philo, who was appointed as the head of high yield and lead portfolio manager in May ...

Global SMA rated superior

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... separately managed account portfolio providing investors with exposure to major tech disruptors was awarded a superior investment grade rating from SQM Research. The Loftus Peak Global Change Model Portfolio was awarded four out of a possible five stars ...

Goldman Sachs launches junk bond ETF

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
... with the SEC for the Goldman Sachs Access Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF, and the Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF. Goldman Sachs was granted permission to introduce active and passive ETFs by the SEC in 2015. In their ...