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FEATURE: In search of the missing asset class

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... international peers. Mark Smith finds out what more can be done to improve institutional and retail participation in local fixed income markets. Australian investors have little appetite for investing in bonds compared to their overseas peers. A 2012 ...

Adviser appetite for infrastructure investments increasing

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... asset of infrastructure stocks. Enlightened advisers recognise that they can replace parts of client' equity or even fixed income exposure with some allocation to infrastructure and get a better outcome," Frankish said. In its submission to the Financial ...

Nikko AM to launch Singapore's first Chinese onshore bond fund

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... capital growth and income over the medium to long term through exposure to RMB and listed and unlisted RMB denominated fixed income instruments. Investors in Singapore can invest in RMB through the Bank of China and DBS Bank when the fund becomes available ...

YBR Smarter Money receives rating upgrade

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
Yellow Brick Road's floating rate fixed income fund, YBR Smarter Money, has been upgraded to "Highly Recommended" by independent asset-consulting firm, Atchison Consultants. Since its launch over two years ago, Smarter Money has returned 5.9% annually ...

BNP Paribas adds global manager to range

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... Antin Infrastructure Partners (European infrastructure), Carnegie Asset Management (global growth equity), FFTW (fixed income), Hamilton Lane (private equity), Impax Asset Management (environmental and resource efficiency markets), Permal (hedge fund ...

Getting ideas across to SMSFs the first battle: AMP

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... way that you can through your other networks." While SMSFs invest heavily in equities, other asset classes such as fixed income and alternatives lose out to cash - an asset class which is easy to understand and provides absolute liquidity, but will just ...

EQT receives approval for ANZ Trustees acquisition

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... expected to be completed on July 4, 2014. Shortly after the announcement, EQT created the roles of head of cash and fixed income and head of risk compliance.

Beware high correlations: AQR

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... client strategies David Kabiller. The former Goldman Sachs executive said that traditional asset classes including fixed income, equities and property, although viewed by the industry as distinct from one another, were actually all a bet on the same ...

Legg Mason bond fund upgraded by Lonsec

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
... upgraded by Lonsec to 'Highly Recommended.' The Trust is managed by Legg Mason's largest affiliate fund manager and fixed income specialist with US$469 billion under management, Western Asset Management. The principal investments of the Trust include ...

Bloomberg names exec to lead new bond indices business

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... delighted to have Kerry Angel on board as we work towards a seamless transition for clients and continue to serve the fixed income community, leveraging our heritage in bond markets and her experience with the leading bond indices in Australia," Bloomberg's ...