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VFMC appoints ex-Goldman Sachs MD

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... the chief investment officer, Asia ex Japan, with State Street Global Advisors Asia Limited responsible for equity, fixed income and multi-asset processes. Pascoe began his career with Towers Perrin's Asset Consulting division in Melbourne and then Hong ...

Challenger buys 30pc stake in ex-CS boutique

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... establishing the new boutique will be Andrew Bartlett, Tamar Hamlyn and Stephen Clout, ex-members of the Credit Suisse fixed income team. According to Challenger, the team will also be establishing other strategies in the fixed interest, currency and ...

Liquidity jitters raise income yield

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... trebled from less than 1 per cent above cash to more than 3 per cent above cash and, according to the fund manager, the fixed income market is throwing up opportunities it hasn't seen in 20 years. "Many securities that are fundamentally sound with very ...

Super fund asset allocation on hold

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... not rushing to change their overall asset allocation strategies post the sub-prime crisis although some are placing fixed income assets under closer review. Financial Standard interviewed JANA, Russell, Mercer, Watson Wyatt and Frontier - which collectively ...

US ETF appetite strong

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
... research at State Street's Intermediary Business Group. The report found there is strong growth in the number of sector, fixed income, inverse and commodity ETFs, despite the number of new ETFs entering the market had declining. In fact, only 87 new ...

Who plays the PE game, wins

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
... private equity, posted 11.4 per cent in returns for the one year period ending June 30. By contrast, the Northern Trust Fixed Income program universe posted a median return of 6.4 per cent, while equity programs experienced losses of 12.3 per cent. The ...

Central Banks hold fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England opting to hold monetary policy steady this month. Fixed income markets rallied overnight following unchanged monetary policy decisions by the BoE and the ECB and as worries about the ...

Henderson wins $275m fixed income mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
London-based Henderson Global Investors has won a $275.2 million fixed income mandate from Cheshire County Council as administering authority for the Cheshire Pension Fund. According to a statement by HGI, the assets will be invested in the recently ...

New Aus Ethical CIO aids expansion strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... portfolio. Paul Harding-Davis, Australian Ethical head of distribution, said Halloran's experience in risk management fixed income would assist the firm's move into structured credit strategies. "We haven't invested into any structured credit side of ...

CalPERS to suffer 2.4 pc loss

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
... shape," said Anne Stausboll, CalPERS interim chief investment officer. "Private equity returns led the way in gains. Fixed income and our new inflation-linked asset class were also in positive territory," she said. Also cushioning the impact of losses ...