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Whitehelm boosts water investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
... compression that has been evidenced in other parts of the infrastructure market has increased the relative attractiveness of high yield infrastructure debt - where we continue to see a strong pipeline of compelling opportunities," he said. Whitehelm ...

HESTA sharpens focus on factor investing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... have consistently outperformed over the long-term. These factors include low-risk, value, momentum, low volatility, high yield and quality.

BT Panorama lists sovereign bond fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... profile," MacPherson said. "As sovereign bonds have a lower correlation to other fixed income securities such as credit and high yield as well as to traditional growth assets, the fund offers a defensive anchor for clients' portfolios in market crisis." ...

VanEck to launch smart beta bond ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... Australia's corporate bond market with a yield premium. In the current low interest rate environment finding liquid defensive high yield has been a considerable challenge for investors," VanEck Australia managing director Arian Neiron said. "PLUS is ...

CFSGAM grows global fixed income team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... five will manage sub-investment grade corporate bond portfolios led by Matt Philo, who was appointed as the head of high yield and lead portfolio manager in May last year. Philo previously held a similar role as a managing director at fixed income investment ...

PIMCO fund "Highly Recommended"

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... the funds' approach, Murata said: "Some income funds focus mainly on corporate bonds and can invest without limit in high yield securities - an approach that can result in a portfolio with concentrated credit risk. At PIMCO, we are not just trying to ...

Fund manager appoints managing director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
... Bank. Aura also welcomed Brett Craig as a director within the business. Craig will be the portfolio manager for a new High Yield SME Fund, which will be launched to market in the coming months. Officially joining the firm on 1 March also, Craig has been ...

Bentham hires AMP Capital analyst

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
... In the past year, its Global Income Fund returned 8% net of fees, the Syndicated Loan Fund returned 11.37% and the High Yield Fund returned 14.5%. Quin noted that 2016 was an interesting year for financial markets, adding: "There are still some uncertainties ...

Legg Mason launches new bond fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... 85% of assets in core investment grade fixed income sectors in developed markets and is able to invest up to 15% to high yield and emerging market debt. Investments cover government and corporate bonds, high yield debt, mortgage and asset-backed securities ...

Smart beta performs in Aussie equities

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... Weight ETF was the top performer at 22.2%, earning nine percentage points above the market. The ANZ ETFS S&P/ASX 300 High Yield Plus ETF (18.3%) and the BetaShares FTSE RAFI Australia 200 ETF (15.7%) made up the top three performers in Australian equities-focused ...