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Colonial First State appoints new alternatives manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... said. GAM will seek to add return by investing in interest rates, currencies, and credit (including investment grade, high yield and convertible bonds) but also seeking to minimise exposure to duration risk. In May 2015, CFS renamed the yield allocation ...

Three days to lift off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... and erode US exporters' competitiveness - downward pressure on growth. And then we have the financial markets: The high yield corporate bond market is taking a hit. Third Avenue Management's high-yield credit fund shut down last Friday and the Wall Street ...

Media Super reinvests in Australian cinema

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
Media Super has doubled its investment in Australian film and television production through a revolving credit loan investment, reflecting confidence in the fund's unique finance model. Making the announcement at SCREEN FOREVER, Media Super chief executive ...

iShares to launch global fixed income ETFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... investors access to a range of global fixed income options, including investment grade corporate fixed rate bonds, high yield corporate bonds and emerging market bonds. The iShares Global Corporate Bond ETF will be benchmarked against the Barclays Global ...

AMP Capital targets $2.8bn infrastructure raising

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
... global head of infrastructure debt Andrew Jones said. "Investors have told us they are looking for investments with high yield and stable returns, both characteristics of infrastructure debt," Jones said. IDF I is fully invested while IDF II, which has ...

ETF inflows defy choppy markets

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... largest ETF, the SPDR 200 Fund, had the largest net inflows of $76 million, followed by the Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield ETF with $23 million. While the totals are not as great, the BetaShares Australian Equities Strong Bear (Hedge Fund), which ...

CIO says low bond market rates to continue

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... beneficiary has been long-term US Treasuries." Leech added that investment grade credit is pretty reasonably priced and high yield has a similar backdrop. "The fundamentals matter and high yield has been widening pretty sharply. There is fear defaults ...

AMP expands US credit research team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... Capital has appointed four people to its Chicago-based credit research team in a bid to increase its understanding of US high yield markets. Alexander Shire will join the team on 20 July 2015 as senior portfolio manager. He has 15 years of research expertise ...

ANZ ETFs added to BT, Asgard platforms

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... ETFS Management Limited, with ETF Securities. The funds offered include the ANZ ETFS S&P/ASX100 ETF (ZOZI), S&P/ASX300 High Yield Plus ETF (ZYAU), S&P500 High Yield Low Volatility ETF (ZYUS), Physical Gold ETF (ZGOL), Physical Renminbi ETF (ZCNH) and ...

mFund doubles size in 6 months

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... The ASX's mFund platform doubled its funds under management in the last six months and has just added a fixed income high yield fund. Bentham Asset Management High Yield Fund is the latest addition to mFund Settlement Service. The platform has now 95 ...