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RBA rate cut on cards

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
... scenario Bell doesn't see Australia's record low interest rates being raised any time soon. "The view of the GSAM fixed income team is that the RBA will at least keep rates on hold through 2014 and we have the cash rate on negative watch," he said. "We ...

Aberdeen AM appoints head of APAC

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
Aberdeen Asset Management has promoted its head of the Australian fixed income team to head of Asia-Pacific fixed income business. Victor Rodriguez will head Aberdeen's Asia-Pacific fixed income arm and will relocate to Singapore at the end of 2014. ...

Banks need top line growth after SMSF-led run

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
... this run was a result of their attractive dividend yield compared with the income yield of term deposits and other fixed income products. The big drivers in this run on the banks, Walker said, were SMSFs. "Three and a half, 4%, 4.5% term deposit yields ...

Watch central banks closely, warns Neuberger Berman

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
... anticipates continued earnings growth this year tied to modest operating leverage as developed economies pick up. Fixed income chief investment officer Brad Tank said investors in the asset class can expect slow and steady growth and the potential for ...

Capital adds portfolio manager to ETOP strategy

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
... separate accounts. "ETOP views emerging markets as a single asset class. By investing across the spectrum of equity and fixed income securities, the portfolio gains exposure to a broader set of investment themes and opportunities," Holstein said. "As ...

Managed accounts take the hassle out of hedge funds

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
... access to the wide variety of strategies within the fund of hedge funds' stable; including global macro, event driven, fixed income and long/short equity. Today the platform has around $8 billion in assets and 80 accounts. "What we offer investors is ...

Franking credits hindering corporate bond market: AMP

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013
... can provide a significant income particularly to retirees thanks to their no-tax status, serve as an alternative to fixed income. However, while doing away with the franking credit system would open up the corporate bond market, he said it would be too ...

Half of all SMSF assets in retirement phase

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
... diminishing appetite for risk and a preference for certainty of income as retiree's age, will create increasing demand for fixed income investments with built-in protection against inflation. "The issuance of medium and long term inflation linked bonds ...

Standard Life Inv appoints investment director

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... our investment solutions," she said. "We are seeing increasing demand from Australian investors for Multi Asset and Fixed Income Absolute Returns Strategies and growing interest in Global Real Estate solutions, where we believe Standard Life Investments ...

Tapering still some way off

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
... and industrial capacity will improve from their fragile conditions slowly." Western Asset manages US$443 billion of fixed income assets globally.