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Managers pressured by more demanding clients

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... dialogue around risk and performance." Nearly two-thirds (62%) of regional respondents plan to expand their offering of fixed income alternative strategies while 57% will increase their use of derivatives to hedge against interest rate risk. Managing ...

Senior Perpetual Investments manager to retire

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... Paribas Investment Partners, as well as global chief investment officer, head of institutional investment and head of fixed income at Fidelity Investments International. His career began in the 1990s with Schroders Investment Management in Australia ...

Global bond fund gets first Aussie investor

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... the wholesale business Matthew Newham said that the mandate "recognises the differentiation that an unconstrained fixed income fund with a focus on absolute returns can provide for investors seeking diversification and predictable returns." Managing ...

Challenger's $300m profit and new product

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... as a result of "strong organic inflows across boutiques", the formation of Whitehelm Capital and the transfer of a fixed income ABS portfolio. Challenger said the sale of Kapstream and acquisition of Dexion highlighted the value and opportunity of the ...

Easing cycle over for now

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... bankers will remain watchful of the currency, according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management executive director and global fixed income portfolio manager Sean Reynolds. The recent fall in the Australian dollar to 73 cents against the US dollar has closed ...

Altius fund added to netwealth platform

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... managed with reference to environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) principles, the same hasn't been true of fixed income funds," Altius chief investment officer Bill Bovingdon said. The manager launched the option following demand from not-for-profit ...

BlackRock likes Japan, Europe

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... worth of back orders on their books." Estes said the fund was also overweight in healthcare, favours equities over fixed income and cash, and does not to use ETFs often - maybe to get access to gold - "but by and large we will rely on individual security ...

Executive appointment round-up

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... two executives - OneVue has made two senior appointments from Nikko Asset Management and BNP Paribas. FIIG launches fixed income MDA service - FIIG Securities has appointed former head of fixed income at Dixon Advisory Funds Management, Alwyn Hung, to ...

FIIG launches fixed income MDA service

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
FIIG Securities has appointed former head of fixed income at Dixon Advisory Funds Management, Alwyn Hung, to lead a new managed accounts service for bonds. Hung joins FIIG as the senior portfolio manager of cash and fixed income for the Managed Income ...

Northern Trust wins UCA mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... billion. This latest mandate follows Northern Trust's recent appointment as Mercer custodian, winning a NZ Super fixed income mandate and extended partnership with QIC.