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Euro fixed income ETF assets grow 250 pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
European based fixed income exchange traded fund (ETF) assets under management (AUM) grew 250 per cent to more than $62 billion in just under two years. The latest data from Deutsche Bank found fixed income ETFs grew from just under $18 billion to over ...

Tasplan axes $280m State Street mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... and domestic fixed interest especially," said Cassidy. Specifically, Cassidy referred to State Street's Australian fixed income index fund as not "true-to-label" because the firm used credit enhancements as part of its strategy - which meant it was not ...

IMCA debates investment risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... MLC; Ross Barry, Head of Portfolio Construction and Diversity (Australia), Watson Wyatt and Simon Doyle, Head of Fixed Income & Multi-Asset, Schroder Investment Management. Rounding up the list are Simon Eagleton, Head of Investment Consulting Australia/NZ ...

Currency cushions GFC hangover

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... four other absolute return strategy funds at BT - they are the BT Absolute Return Currency Fund, BT Absolute Return Fixed Income Fund, BT Absolute Return Equity Fund and a fund containing all three strategies, the BT Global Macro Fund. The latter aims ...

US advisers keen on equities

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... per cent of respondents are re-allocating client portfolios to cash and roughly a third a moving client money to fixed income. But, at the same time, 42 per cent said they are positioning client portfolios for a listed market upswing and allocating towards ...

GSJBW appoints co-CEO

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... Rothery joined Goldman Sachs in 1998 based in Hong Kong and London where he held a number of senior roles in the Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities (FICC) business. He then returned to Australia in 2001 and played an integral role in the merger ...

Return of the hedge funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... gains during the month, with market neutral funds leading the charge gaining 1.8 per cent on average. Convertible and fixed income arbitrage managers and event driven strategies posted gains but the best performing sub-group was special situation funds ...

Treasuries still strong: ML

RUTH LIEW AND MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... year we still think there's potential upside," he said. Meanwhile Anthony Michael, Aberdeen Asset Management head of fixed income - Asia, said investors should start to move away from government bonds because the yields won't be a high in the coming ...

Intech fixed interest tops IC survey

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... they will look at corporate bonds again. "We're going to move from a government bond only portfolio to a diversified fixed income portfolio," he said. However, Needham said that the shift will be slow while the profitability of many companies remain ...

Perpetual appoints new staff, Walsh exits

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
... sales and service for the firm's income and multi sector asset classes. Boys was previously director, institutional fixed income sales at ABN Amro where he focussed on fixed income and derivative securities. Prior to that he traded credit for a number ...