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PIMCO hires distressed credit specialist

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
PIMCO has hired an executive vice president and portfolio manager focusing on distressed credit strategies. Based in the firm's London office, Lionel Laurant will report to Marc Seidner, managing director and chief investment officer - non-traditional ...

Be alert to recession amid growth headwinds: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... rebalancing its economy following the end of the mining boom and investors must consider the real possibility of recession, warns PIMCO. While the chair of the fund manager's Asia-Pacific portfolio committee, Adam Bowe, said his base case was for the ...

PIMCO appoints world leaders to advisory board

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
PIMCO has appointed five world leaders to a newly-created Global Advisory Board that will contribute to the firm on global economic, political and strategic developments. The board will be chaired by former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. The ...

PIMCO launches new digital platform

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
PIMCO has launched a new digital platform in Australia customised for financial advisers, institutions and individual investors that integrates the firm's thought leadership, client resources and investment solutions in a bid to enhance value to its ...

mFund take-up slower than expected

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... Growth Trust (18%) and the Platinum Global (16.4%). Schroders is the largest mFund manager ($12.3 million), followed by PIMCO ($8.3 million), AMP Capital ($7.2 million), Platinum ($6.9 million) and Aberdeen ($5.1 million). Irvine highlighted the fact ...

Bond King Gross files $200m suit against PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
Star bond manager Bill Gross is suing PIMCO, his former employer, for US$200 million ($275 million) for breach of contract and plotting to oust him from the firm he set up more than 40 years ago. The lawsuit filed in Orange County, California - where ...

PIMCO launches bank capital fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
Bond giant PIMCO has launched a new global bank capital fund which aims to reduce risk for investors with large exposures to the big Australian banks. The PIMCO Capital Securities Fund offers investors a long-term, strategic allocation to the global ...

RBA to deliver nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... president Bill Clinton and US president Barack Obama -- yes, not one but two US presidents -- and is also a consultant at PIMCO. Sperling addressed the Diggers and Dealers mining conference in Kalgoorlie and commented that, "I think they are more committed ...

FEATURE: Beyond Beta

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
This year, Vanguard overtook PIMCO as the world's largest mutual bond fund. But the wars between active and passive investment are not over. In a world where lower for longer is the new normal, active managers argue they are the only ones who can bring ...

Challenger enters strategic partnership with Janus

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... including product development and distribution." Kapstream is an $8.7 billion global fixed income manager, established by PIMCO Asia-Pacific veterans Kumar Palghat and Nick Maroutsos with Challenger's funding in Australia in 2007. The founders already ...