Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 2011 - 2020 of 2504 results for "fixed income"

Instos set sights on Indonesian assets

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... number of options including direct investment into Indonesian companies and portfolio investments, namely equities and fixed income. The Indonesian economy grew by 6.5% in the third quarter of last year, and the country was upgraded by ratings agency ...

UBS: Diversify to prevent fatigue

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... volatility but one must also expect a lower return. For most investors, diversification across all asset classes, cash, fixed income, equities, A-REITs should lower the volatility of portfolios."

Franklin Templeton hires ex-INGIM head

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... asset classes. Prior to joining, Howard was with Invesco Asset Management in a similar role and has experience in fixed income portfolio management at UBS Asset Management and Russell Investments. Mathew Sund has joined the firm's Melbourne office as ...

Euro debt crisis has silver lining for advisers: PIMCO

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... anchor for every portfolio," said Fisher. While not downplaying the challenges for next year, bond manager PIMCO said fixed income will become an important anchor for any portfolio with global bonds especially to provide a strong driver of returns and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... crested, and things will improve slowly from this point, said Robert Tipp, chief investment strategist with Prudential Fixed Income. LONDON - European shares mostly slid lower and the euro hit a one-week US dollar low after an S&P warning of a eurozone ...

BlackRock launches sovereign risk management fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... US, which is causing Australian institutions to look for new ways to help manage the effects of increasing risk in fixed income portfolios," Steve Miller, head of fixed income, BlackRock Australia. Miller also maintained the fund was suited to market ...

BlackRock wins $3.8 billion VicSuper mandates

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... fastest growing public offer superannuation funds. BlackRock will manage the index mandates across Australian equity, fixed income, cash, and global fixed income. The mandates represent almost half of VicSuper's assets under management which, at 30 June ...

Super industry responds to MYEFO

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... market they can't be relied on to provide bedrock or lifetime retirement income, and need to be supplemented with fixed income investments capable of providing guaranteed income payments each month." Treasury said it would extend the drawdown relief ...

FIIG Securities appoints director

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
FIIG Securities has appointed Andrew Gordon as director, fixed income research at its Sydney office. Gordon will be responsible for analysing the fixed-income securities of Australian corporations and US banks for FIIG Securities' clients. Before joining ...

Flight to quality boosts PIMCO inflows

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... risky assets such as shares," said Peter Dorrian, head of Global Wealth Management, PIMCO. "Australian and global fixed income remain the core allocation of fixed income portfolios but there has also been increasing interest in corporate debt and high ...