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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 ...

PIMCO to expand Australian product suite

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... the possibility of distributing products from its newly opened global equities business and also developing an Australian bond exchange traded fund (ETF). Peter Dorrian, senior vice president at PIMCO Australia, said the firm had experienced an "extraordinary" ...

AMP Cap appoints Japan MD

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
... distribution channels in Japan across institutions, private pension schemes and retail investors. AMP Capital distributes Australian bond funds and listed property funds to Japanese retail investors.

Aberdeen closes Aussie bond fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
Aberdeen has closed its Aberdeen Australian Bond Fund, following the manager's integration with Credit Suisse. The fund had $148 million at the end of October, according to the product's factsheet. This means Aberdeen will only have one Australian fixed-interest ...

Bond index returns beat active managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
... the time over three and five years. The Vanguard study, which drew research from Standard & Poor's, found the Australian bond index beat 94 per cent of actively managed Australian bond funds over a three-year period and 97 per cent of the time over five ...

New era at Aberdeen

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... status in November when the firm starts its fixed income sector review. The revised rating affects the Aberdeen Australian Bond fund and the Aberdeen Income fund. Both funds were previously rated 'four stars' by the firm. Aberdeen announced it would ...

AMP Capital targets Japanese savings

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... so big part of our thinking was to have that and then consolidate," said Clarke. AMP Capital already provides Australian bond funds and listed property trusts to Japanese retail investors. So far, AMP Capital has been able to raise $4 billion from Japanese ...