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Ratings round up

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... Futures, giving it a 'Recommended' designation and Colonial First State's FirstChoice Australian Small Companies and Fixed Income strategies, evaluating both at "investment grade".

Unfixed future for fixed income

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
The future of fixed income lies with product innovations, global investing and shirking away from benchmarks, the audience was told at yesterday's AllianceBernstein's symposium. Doug Peebles, chief investment officer and head of AllianceBernstein's ...

Goldman Sachs downgraded but fixed interest pays

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... according to Standard & Poor's Fund Services, which upgraded two managers and downgraded one. Aberdeen Australian Fixed Income and Advance Australian Fixed Interest Multi-Blend were upgraded to four stars and three stars respectively. Goldman Sachs Core ...

UBS boosts Aust Fixed Income team

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... Asset Management names it head of credit research for Asia Pacific and new portfolio manager within its Australian Fixed Income team. Former Senior Credit Analyst at Societe General in London, Ben Squire has joined UBS as the new head of credit research ...

Winton Capital wins Future Fund mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... energies, metals, crops and livestock- 21 per cent to currencies, 20 per cent to equity indexes and 25 per cent to fixed income by risk. "Winton is delighted and honoured to receive this mandate from the Future Fund," he said. Winton uses scientific ...

BTIM FUM down despite overall growth

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... year. Contributing positively to the results, BTIM was awarded institutional mandates in Australian equities and fixed income throughout the last twelve months while its focus on the wholesale sector was limited by continued retail uncertainty and competitive ...

Indexing warning as ETFs surge

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... interest in products providing exposure to indices covering broad commodities, high dividend paying stocks, high yield fixed income, gold and real estate," said Fuhr. Rainmaker data shows that index investments now represent 16.4 per cent of Australian ...

BlackRock provides advisers with super SMA

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... iShares and SPDR exchange traded funds, Ausbil Dexia, BT, Fortis, Perennial and UBS. BNP Paribas Australian Hybrid and Fixed Income offerings and Lonsec Balanced, Growth and High Growth Direct model portfolios have also been added while more will follow ...

Tyndall shifts gears on FI

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... to reconsider their view on Australian fixed interest, which represents a safe haven investment, said the head of fixed income at a $22 billion fund manager. Roger Bridges of Tyndall Investments Australia believes that the strong growth in the economy ...

Fund managers feast on billion-dollar debt

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... Corporate debt issuance has surged this year giving fund managers billions of dollars worth of diversification in the fixed income market, leading experts have said. Bond fund giant Pacific Investment Management Co (PIMCO) estimates about US$18 billion ...