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Not all active managers are traders

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... Singapore-based boutique FirstDegree Global Asset Management which, while it monitors the markets constantly, trades its fixed income securities sometimes as infrequently as just once a year when it rebalances its portfolio to reflect its longer term ...

Green bonds set to soar despite policy

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... higher than the US$3 billion ($4 billion) issued in 2012. "Australia is not at the forefront of this trend, on the fixed income side the number of green bonds is very limited," Hayes said. Green bond issues are led from Europe and increasingly in the ...

Northern Trust wins NZ Super mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
Northern Trust's international asset management arm has been appointed to run a Barclays Global Aggregate fixed income mandate for the $26 billion New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super). The new mandate, which incorporates the super funds' environmental ...

BNPP IP launches global fixed income fund

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
BNP Paribas Investment Partners (BNPP IP) has launched a new single-manager multi-strategy global fixed income fund. The FFTW Absolute Return Fixed Income Trust is provided by BNP-owned Fisher Francis Trees and Watts (FFTW), a global investment management ...

AustralianSuper posts double digit returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... in the Australian dollar and positive returns across a range of asset classes including property, infrastructure, fixed income and equities. "Superannuation is, however, a long-term investment and members must be mindful of year-to-year fluctuations ...

mFund doubles size in 6 months

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
The ASX's mFund platform doubled its funds under management in the last six months and has just added a fixed income high yield fund. Bentham Asset Management High Yield Fund is the latest addition to mFund Settlement Service. The platform has now 95 ...

Challenger enters strategic partnership with Janus

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... collaboration between the firms, 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 ...

Corporate bond issue closes at $35m oversubscribed

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... for the Stockwell issue once again illustrates that Australian private investors and SMSFs have unmet demand for fixed income investments offering good income streams," FIIG chief executive Mark Paton said. The Stockwell issue happened as FIIG announced ...

Tassie RBF awards GAM $100m mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... portfolio and still generates returns during downturns. The strategy is managed by the experienced unconstrained global fixed income and currency investors, Tim Haywood, Daniel Sheard and Jack Flaherty. RBF chief investment officer, Dr Ian Lundy, said ...

AvSuper adds new investment option

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... defensive alternatives and 11% in cash. The remaining 25% of the portfolio is made up of property (10%), diversified fixed income (5%) and defensive alternatives (5%).