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SSgA launches two fixed income ETFs

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
State Street Global Advisors has launched two fixed income exchange traded funds that will offer investors easier access to the Australian bond market. The new ETFs are the State Street Global Advisors' (SSgA) SPDR S&P(R)/ASX Australian Bond Fund and ...

BlackRock expands fixed income team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
BlackRock Australia has expanded its Sydney-based fixed income team with the appointment of Michael Prljaca as portfolio manager. The appointment creates a new position and is a move to shore up capabilities among changes to fixed income investing by ...

Tyndall AM restructures distribution

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... additional responsibility for retail sales and distribution and product development for each of Tyndall's equities, fixed income and alternative asset classes. Three new roles have additionally been created to cover the institutional market. Nicole Krebs ...

Schroders expands fixed income capability

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
Schroders Investment Management has appointed Stuart Dear as a fund manager within its fixed income and multi-asset team. The appointment follows Dear's departure from his role as senior fixed income portfolio manager at Aberdeen Asset Management that ...

Aberdeen fixed income manager resigns

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
Stuart Dear has resigned from his senior fixed income portfolio manager role at Aberdeen Asset Management and will be leaving the firm in approximately two weeks. Dear has been at the firm for 14 years and during that time his focus has been on interest ...

Investors ignoring credit

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... fatigue, and the resulting flight to quality, Quin said that investors were either being pushed into the safe havens of fixed income and cash, or if they were seeking growth, equities. "The low risk market is very expensive right now, and people are ...

Corporate bonds stagnant in Australia

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... of the Barclays Capital Australian Aggregate Bond Index. Tim Haywood, investment director business-unit head for fixed income at GAM said that the demand for the bonds comes at a time when investors are looking for stable income streams in a low interest ...

AMP Capital, Aberdeen score Advance mandates

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
AMP Capital and Aberdeen Asset Management have won fixed income mandates from Advance, a specialist asset management business owned by Westpac's BT Financial Group. The mandates will form part of the Advance Australian Fixed Interest Multi-Blend Fund ...

ACGBs have served their purpose: JBWere

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... believe it is unlikely. With a more modest return expected, they think investors should manage and position their fixed income exposures accordingly, said JBWere head of fixed income strategy, Laurie Conheady. JBWere said that now is not the time to ...

ILB protect fixed-income: HSBC

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... for HSBC Global Asset Management, said this is reinforced by how inflation linked bonds improve the risk-profile of fixed income investments in the long term. "If you hold inflation linked bonds until maturity it will provide an effective edge against ...