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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 ...

Investors must look to dividend yield over growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
... to AXA Investment Managers. New research from the global asset manager discredits common misunderstandings regarding high yield strategies compared to growth strategies, including perceived levels of capital and income payment risk. Conducted by AXA ...

BlackRock slashes iShares ETF fees

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... management expense ratios on five of its Australian funds. Those fee reductions applied to the Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield Fund (from 0.4% p.a. to 0.38%), Vanguard Australian Property Securities Index Fund (0.24% to 0.23%), Vanguard International ...

La Trobe Financial launches retail platform

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
... Andrews said the firm is working on integrating its other two accounts - the Peer to Peer Select Investment and the High Yield Investment Account. He said these expect to be released in an update prior to Christmas. "La Trobe Direct will give over 24,000 ...

Vanguard reduces MERs on five funds

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... management expense ratios on five of its Australian funds. The fee reductions apply to the Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield Fund (from 0.4% p.a. to 0.38%), Vanguard Australian Property Securities Index Fund (0.24% to 0.23%), Vanguard International ...

Valuation dispersion creating opportunity for instos to retilt

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
The dispersion in valuations between the cheapest and the most expensive stocks is the widest it has been at any point since the dotcom boom, according to the founder of global asset manager Pzena Investment Management. The most expensive quintile of ...