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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 ...

RBNZ could go zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
... per cent - before reaching a seven-month high of 6.06 per cent late last month. This is almost a shadow of the Australian bond market's performance. Yields on Australian 10-year government bonds hit bottom at 3.86 per cent 10 days earlier in January ...

Australian RMBS gains appeal

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
Ultra high net worth investors in Australia are starting to wade back into the Australian Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS) market, according to Merrill Lynch. Chris Selby, head of Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management in Australia, has ...

Intech signs deal with Suncorp

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... investment process and performance, which we have been steadily enhancing over the last two years," he said. "Our Australian bond fund is top of the surveys and most of our diversifieds are in the top two quartiles, so there's been a marked improvement ...

Sentiment tips back to Aussie shares

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
Confidence is returning to Aussie shares according to research from Russell Investments that found 60 per cent of managers expect the S&P/ASX200 to end the year above 3500 points, suggesting they expect no further sustained falls. Russell Investments ...