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UBS strengthens fixed income team

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
... managers, most recently with BlackRock and Barclays Global Investors in Singapore. Grow joins the Australian Fixed Income portfolio management team after serving as head of money markets for F&C Asset Management in London. Prior to that he had extensive ...

Transition mgmt takes centre stage

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
The wave of consolidation sweeping through the not-for-profit superannuation sector is putting transition management firmly back in the spotlight for next year. Last month, Health Super announced that talks were underway with First State Super to create ...

RMBS under the spotlight

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
While liquidity has improved in Australia's residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) market, more needs to be done to boost the attractiveness and stability of the sector, said an industry expert. Jeff Brunton, head of capital markets at AMP Capital ...

Ipac awards $1bn in fixed interest mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
... cash plus, absolute return investment. The firm awarded the mandates following the dis-aggregation of its fixed income portfolio to gain more control over its debt allocations. "The major strategic change that we've put in place is to formally separate ...

BNY Mellon names asset management chief

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2010
BNY Mellon has hired former BlackRock fixed income chief investment officer, Curtis Arledge, as vice chair of the corporation and chief executive of its asset management division. Arledge was previously chief investment officer of BlackRock's fundamental ...

Alaska SWF beats target return by 2pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... said the investment team is especially pleased with its bond portfolio. The Alaska Permanent Fund's US fixed income portfolio returned 11.5 per cent for the financial year as the Barclay's Aggregate Bond Index posted 9.5 per cent. "Last year our in-house ...

RMBS market low risk and high return: Aberdeen

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
Aberdeen Asset Management is tilting its local fixed income portfolios toward Australian residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) to capitalise on wide spreads in the "bullet proof" asset class. Victor Rodriguez, head of fixed income at Aberdeen ...

AXA appoints FMs to drive income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... Mason, Epoch Investment Partners, Macquarie Investment Management and Goldman Sachs/JBWere as part of its new income portfolio. Ankura Capital and Legg Mason will manage the Australian equities portfolio while Epoch will manage the international shares ...

UK advisers allocate to cautious investments

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
... quarter, accounting for over 32 per cent of net sales. The Henderson MM Income & Growth fund, Jupiter Merlin Income Portfolio and Thames River Cautious Managed all received strong support from the UK adviser market. Global growth funds attracted more ...

Schroders appoints UBS director

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
Schroder Investment Management Australia has appointed former UBS director, Jasmin Argyrou, to the Australian fixed income team as fund manager. This appointment increases the size of the Australian team to nine. In her new role at Schroders, Argyrou ...