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S&P Indices expands fixed income

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
S&P Indices has expanded its S&P/ASX fixed income series and introduced intraday pricing to the Australian market. The government inflation-linked bond index carries capital inflation linked bonds with principal adjusted by trailing Australian CPI each ...

Macquarie profit drops 24.6pc

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
... augmented income from fees and lower expenses. Assets under management experienced a 6% increase to $A324 million. Fixed income, currencies and commodities meanwhile delivered a contribution of $A539 million, down 6% across the year, with equities income ...

GESB awards $2.3bn in bond mandates

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... investment grade bonds. "The appointments reflect a strategic reorganisation of our approach to managing our members' fixed income investments," said Steve McKenna, acting chief investment officer at GESB. "Segregating the broader fixed income asset ...

Instreet launches new structured product

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... balance higher yield against risk by being linked to a basket of Australia's big four banks and delivering quarterly fixed income payments at 11% a year. Instreet managing director, George Lucas said that the Financial Times reported recently about the ...

Payden & Rygel lands VicSuper mandate

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
Grant Samuel's global fixed income partner, Payden & Rygel has secured a $110 million mandate from VicSuper. The mandate is part of VicSuper's core/satellite approach with Payden & Rygel managing a portfolio covering global investment grade, high yield ...

ETPs have record start to the year

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... 2012. Net new assets of US$67.3bn were attracted during Q1 2012, a 57% jump over Q1 2011's US$42.8 billion. Use of fixed income ETPs eclipsed any prior first-quarter inflows with $US19.5billion. ETPs with investment grade bond and high yield corporate ...

BNP Paribas Investment Partners shuts FI

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
BNP Paribas Investment Partners will close its fixed income asset management business after two years in operation. "BNP Paribas Investment Partners has decided to discontinue its Australian Fixed Income asset management capability but remains committed ...

Challenger AUM jumps 16pct

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... adding that positive trends in Challenger's funds management business maintained strong inflows, particularly into fixed income products. The group's boutique FUM increased a further $1.5 billion or 9% for the quarter resulting in total boutique FUM ...

In it to win it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... funds in the year to February. This is in addition to the US$93 billion taken out last year. They went into cash and fixed income instruments. Yes, these are US numbers but it isn't hard to assume that the observation is valid for most other global equities. ...

Fixed income fund released

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
Challenger Limited's new fixed rate, fixed income fund has officially been launched in a platform-based format to appeal to requests from financial advisers. Initially reported in late March, the newly-launched fund will manage the cashflow needs and ...