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Legg Mason appoints sales director from Challenger

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
Legg Mason has appointment a new director of sales to be based in the company's Melbourne office. Tony Pattison will report to head of sales Beau Titchkosky and will promote the company's products and affiliate fund managers nationally. Pattison joins ...

Legg Mason receives first mFund inflow

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
Legg Mason has received its first inflow through ASX's mFund one day after listing six funds on the settlement service. The first investment was in the Western Asset Australian Bond Trust, and came through online broker Bell Direct. Legg Mason's other ...

Legg Mason wins $125m Mercer mandate

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
Global asset manager Legg Mason has been awarded a $125 milllion Australian small companies mandate by Mercer's multi-manager business, Mercer Investments. The company joins Mercer's stable of small company managers after a long period of analysis and ...

Legg Mason acquires UK global equity manager

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
Baltimore-based asset manager Legg Mason has acquired UK international equity manager Martin Currie. With offices in six locations, the addition of Edinburgh-based business (with presence in Australia) expands Legg Mason's capabilities in active global ...

PROFILE: Head of Australian operations at Western Asset Management Anthony Kirkham

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... expansion," he says. Western Asset started in the US in 1971 and is now the fixed-income affiliate of US investment firm Legg Mason. The latter acquired Citigroup's asset management business and the fixed income business in Australia became an office ...

Legg Mason bond fund upgraded by Lonsec

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
The Legg Mason Australian Bond Trust has been 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. ...

New business targets investors' bad habits

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... continue rising, and those that fall continue to drift lower, as least in the short to medium-term." As a recent report by Legg Mason showed, Australian individual and SMSF investors have a number of habits that may not be in their best interest, such ...

Australian investors 'conservative and pessimistic': Legg Mason

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... of the most nervous and pessimistic in the world despite comparatively favourable investment conditions, a survey by Legg Mason has found. The survey covered 4,300 private investors worldwide, including 200 Australians. Seventy-seven per cent of Australians ...

Legg Mason hires sales director from JPM

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
Legg Mason has appointed former JP Morgan executive Colin Taylor as director of sales. Based in Melbourne, Taylor will promote Legg Mason's products and affiliate fund managers under Legg Mason's hybrid distribution structure that encompasses both institutional ...

Equity-like bonds most attractive

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... globally has lowered investors return expectations within the asset class. However, Regina Borromeo, manager of the Legg Mason Income Optimiser Fund, believes positive fundamentals and technicals continue to support fixed income, although areas such ...