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PAS taps direct property, shifts bonds

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
The $1.6 billion Professional Associations Super has poured $80 million into two direct property mandates and re-allocated $75 million from global bonds to Australian bonds. Paul Kessell, the fund's chief investment officer, said he was not able to ...

Global instos see Aus deficit a "non-issue"

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
... else," said Anthony Kirkham, head of investment management at Western Asset Australia, which manages the Legg Mason Australian Bond Trust. "It's nice to talk about in politics in Australia but no one - globally - sees it as an issue, we are really in ...

Hung

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
By now many of you, fellow Australians, would have had enough of the commentaries, in-depth analyses, finger-pointing, spins, recriminations, soul searching, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera that preceded and followed last Saturday's Australian elections. ...

FIIG opens corporate bonds to planners

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... release. FIIG Securities managing director Jim Stening called the new service a "major step" in opening up the Australian bond market to individuals, companies and self-managed super funds. It would also complement recent ASIC moves aimed at encouraging ...

BT names head of income & fixed interest

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
BT Investment Management (BTIM) has promoted Vimal Gor to head of income and fixed interest. Gor joined BTIM in November last year. Prior to that, he spent a decade at Aviva Investors in London where he was responsible for the management of its Global ...

Lonsec names income sector's best

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... Traditional Income Sector Review resulted in five funds receiving a 'highly recommended' rating, which include UBS Australian Bond fund, Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest fund and the EQT PIMCO Global Bond fund. The Schroder Fixed Income fund W Class ...

UBS GAM replaces Aussie bond manager

S&P RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
... UBS Global Asset Management (Australia) has appointed Tim van Klaveren as senior portfolio manager of the UBS Australian Bond fund. Van Klaveren replaces Adam Bowe who left the firm in March. He joins the team after working for the Sydney UBS team before ...

Schroders appoints UBS director

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
... providing interest rate strategy recommendations and sector allocations for both UBS global bond funds and their Australian bond fund and tactical asset allocation recommendations for their diversified fund. Argyrou worked with UBS for 8 years. Schroders' ...

Investing on thin ice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... said their fixed income portfolios have been set up to take advantage of further interest rate rises. The Tyndall Australian Bond Fund is ranked number one out of 36 funds in the Australian Fixed Interest category over three years and five years, according ...

Fund managers pick what's hot in 2010

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
Fund managers are predicting strong returns from financial, industrial and media stocks while one manager is forecasting the local market to hit 5,600 by December next year. Paul Taylor, head of Australian equities at Fidelity International, said he ...