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SPIVA report shows most active managers beaten by index again

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... funds (89.55%) underperformed the benchmark over five years. In the fixed income space, not a single active Australian bond fund outperformed its benchmark over a one-year period and only 13.73% beat the S&P/ASX Australian Fixed Interest Index over five ...

Women fail to break into the industry's last boys club

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
The Australian funds management industry is failing to attract female fund managers, even if research proves that gender diverse investment teams outperform those who are male-only. At a time when the financial services sector is pushing to increase ...

PROFILE: J.P. Morgan head of Australia funds David Hallifax

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... actually understand his market before delivering to it. By doing this, he helped introduce JPMAM's Global Strategic Bond Fund, a multi-sector fixed income offering, and an Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund, as two examples. "I actually went out to ...

Global bond fund gets first Aussie investor

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
Alpha Fund Managers has become the first Australian investor in a global asset manager's absolute return bond fund. Standard Life Investments' Absolute Return Global Bond Strategies Trust aims to return cash plus 3% per annum over rolling three-year ...

Easing cycle over for now

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... in September. In light of that, Reynolds has a short exposure to US Treasuries in the Goldman Sachs Global Strategic Bond fund and a corresponding long position in Canadian interest rates, anticipating weakness in commodity-driven economies. Amid ongoing ...

Altius fund added to netwealth platform

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
The Altius Sustainable Bond Fund has had its second platform listing since it was launched late last year. The fund will be available to investors and advisers on the netwealth platform. The Altius fund is a diversified Australian fixed interest ethical ...

FIIG launches fixed income MDA service

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... delegating its day-to-day management. "Direct ownership of bonds has many advantages over buying them indirectly through a bond fund but until now it was a bit more work, especially for financial planners who were overseeing multiple portfolios," Paton ...

FEATURE: Beyond Beta

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
This year, Vanguard overtook PIMCO as the world's largest mutual bond fund. But the wars between active and passive investment are not over. In a world where lower for longer is the new normal, active managers argue they are the only ones who can bring ...

Challenger enters strategic partnership with Janus

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... Capital. This is incorrect and the article has been amended. Bill Gross is portfolio manager of Janus Global Unconstrained Bond Fund.

Tassie RBF awards GAM $100m mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... invested $100 million in the GAM Absolute Return Bond Defensive Fund. GAM's unconstrained bond strategy is a "go-anywhere" bond fund which, via the use of derivatives, protects the portfolio and still generates returns during downturns. The strategy ...