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Trading volatility can protect portfolio from big swings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... "Assets moved in proportion to their betas," he said. "US stocks went down, emerging markets went down even more, corporate bonds went down - but not as much - and Treasury bonds rose," he said. "But what else went up in 2008?" "Gold went up and the ...

Bond broker targets WA planners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... advice, will give WA planners access to short term products such as bank bills, term deposits, government and corporate bonds and hybrid securities. "West Australia has the strongest economy in the nation and that is likely to continue with the commodities ...

LICs benefit from FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... were 73 LICs trading on the stock exchange. They covered Australian and international equities, private equity, corporate bonds and infrastructure. Robinson said there were only three LICs that covered mining, with rival trust LinQ Resources Fund investing ...

Towers Watson grows team after benefiting from super mergers

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... private loans, purchasing infrastructure debt on the secondary market, mezzanine debt or sub-investment grade corporate bonds." New analysts Jordan Taylor, Deepti Tammareddi and Andrew Tay, will focus on portfolio construction, manager research and client ...

New bond fund targets corporate sector

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... heavily weighted towards domestic financials, while 35% remains in cash for the time being. A total of 26% is in corporate bonds. "We still see good value in the corporate sector from a stability and leverage point of view," said Gavin Goodhand, senior ...

Time for instos to embrace ETFs

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... that were easy to explain to investors. "We are long only, we use single country indexes, small cap warrants, corporate bonds, products that give exposure that we feel comfortable passing onto clients," he said. The ASX confirmed that fixed income ETFs ...

Grant Samuel signs US fixed income partner

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... retail distribution, Grant Samuel. Payden & Rygel, which has $57 billion in funds under management, invests in "corporate bonds, non-leveraged companies with good free cash flow and decent balance sheets," nurturing low volatility and low correlation ...

Antares wins ipac mandate

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... track record covering a range of fixed interest instruments across the risk spectrum, including sovereign debt, corporate bonds, hybrid securities, private debt, short term securities and derivatives. The team comprises seven investment professionals ...

More defensive products hit marketplace

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... very attractive opportunities for investors who are prepared to invest a bit more broadly than simply high grade corporate bonds," the advisory firm said. The fund has a mandate to invest in a broad range of fixed income securities and will target a ...

FIIG opens corporate bonds to planners

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
Fixed-income broker FIIG Securities has launched a new service that lets planners access corporate bonds for their clients that have traditionally been the preserve of banks, fund managers and the ultra wealthy. The new DirectBonds service lets investors ...