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Franklin Templeton launches new global fixed income fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
Franklin Templeton Investments Australia has launched a new global fixed income fund. Sitting at the more defensive end of the risk/return spectrum, the Franklin Templeton Global Aggregate Bond fund invests principally in fixed or floating rate debt ...

New US trading desk for AMP Capital

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
AMP Capital has set up a Chicago-based trading desk for equities and fixed income in Europe and the Americas. In conjunction with the establishment of its Chicago-based dealing desk, AMP Capital has appointed Eric Cadogan and Mike Bhatia as equities ...

New CIO for Vanguard Asia-Pac

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
Vanguard announced today that Gregory Davis, principal and head of bond indexing in Vanguard's Fixed Income Group, will assume the CIO role for the Asia Pacific region in 2013. Davis, who has held a number of different investment roles during his 13-year ...

Super's growth a challenge for ASIC: Medcraft

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... speaking at an American Chamber of Commerce lunch last week. "The typical superannuation fund invests in equities, fixed income, property and cash. These are all products regulated by ASIC. "It [superannuation] will grow at twice the rate of the economy," ...

Exchange-traded gov bonds expand investment options

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... in Australia's savings pool by allowing retail investors to broaden their investments beyond equities and into a fixed income asset class. As well as contributing to a more vibrant corporate bond market, the ASX expects exchange-traded government bonds ...

Tas public sector fund awards TD mandate

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
Tasmania's public sector superannuation fund has awarded a term deposit mandate to fixed income specialist FIIG Securities. FIIG was approached by the Tasmanian Retirement Benefits Fund (RBF) for its network of more than 60 authorised deposit taking ...

Investor confidence hits 14 year low

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... "Institutional investors continue to display a pronounced, almost secular desire to reallocate away from equities and towards fixed income and cash securities," he said. When the index was in a similar range during 2008, the regional patterns were very ...

Tyndall develops fixed income info kit

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
An information kit has been developed by asset manager Tyndall AM to help advisers explain how fixed income works to their clients. It will include eight fact sheets on different aspects of fixed income, such as credit markets, covered bonds, and the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... of Australia deputy governor Philip Lowe is scheduled to deliver a speech to the Commonwealth Bank's Australasian Fixed Income Conference in Sydney. The Housing Industry Association will release new home sales data for September. In company news, Commonwealth ...

Value vs price in Asian debt

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... comes up a lot. Often it's bad news for many; and a win for a few. Dr Fawaz Habel, senior fund manager and head of fixed income research for Value Partners, put it nicely, when he said: "When people love Asia, everyone piles in - and the pool of money ...