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Investors back corporate bonds as COVID-19 winner

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
As COVID-19 batters the once celebrated yield-providing banks, investors have turned to corporate bonds in their search for income. Amid the spiraling economic environment, investors have become increasingly aware of the difference between "dividends" ...

Platform bolsters distribution, relationships teams

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
An asset manager and platform with ambitious growth plans has made key appointments, growing its relationships and distribution teams. Mason Stevens has appointed Charlie Green, a former financial adviser at Kearney Group, to manage client relationships ...

Global asset manager appoints local insto lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
A global asset manager overseeing almost $1 trillion in assets has appointed a local institutional lead. Aberdeen Standard Investments has appointed Vishal Sharma as institutional director of Australian and New Zealand, as the firm looks to grow its ...

Boutique manager taps former Challenger executive

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
A liquid alternatives investment manager has added a new chief risk officer, hiring from Challenger. Sydney-based manager Darling Macro has appointed Mark Swan as its new chief risk officer. Swan joins the manager from Challenger, having served as senior ...

Fixed income liquidity squeeze bites

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
Financial advisers and investors in fixed income funds are feeling the heat as markets trade less frequently in the ongoing COVID-19 correction, and they are slugged with exit costs. Unlisted managed fixed income funds from giants like Vanguard and ...

Return of the king

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
Holding cash as part of your portfolio may not be sexy, but in uncertain times investors are rushing back to old faithful. In January this year, Financial Standard published a piece on cash management and all those who held cash also held the same mentality ...

Multi-asset results mixed in COVID-19 sell-off

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... index during the COVID-19 sell-off despite both lower equity exposure and higher cash holding," it said. "Conversely, Schroder Strategic Growth has long been positioned defensively in anticipation of market disruption. "It's doubtful that COVID-19 was ...

Schroders appoints regional leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... afoot to use a fund-of-fund structure to invest in externally-managed private equity funds. The offering sits under the Schroder Adveq brand, which manages about $15 billion globally in primary, secondary and co-investments in the private markets.

Low rates support some bond managers: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... the worst performers, alongside options from Franklin Templeton and Legg Mason Brandywine. Vanguard, AMP Capital and Schroder are sitting among the top performers for diversified credit. However, Vanguard's International Credit Securities Index (Hedged) ...

Best, worst equities performers in COVID-19 sell-off revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... cyclicals and traditional value names," Morningstar said. Prominent Australian equities large cap strategies, such as Schroder Australian Equity, Pendal Australian Share, and Perpetual Wholesale Concentrated Equity, have broadly lagged the benchmark. ...