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Mercer awards mandate to INVESCO

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2007
... four broad strategies, US market neutral, European market neutral, global tactical asset allocation and diversified fixed income. The fund targets returns of 8 per cent above the cash rate.

Don't put all your credit in one basket

Diversified fixed income funds are likely to beat traditional fixed income funds this year due to stable credit markets and stock-specific risk, according to fixed income specialist Deutsche Asset Management. "We expect the markets to remain steady ...

Lehman Brothers acquires Grange Securities

... relationship. "We are very excited to work even more closely with a franchise of Grange's caliber, building on the successful fixed income partnership we have already established to expand Lehman Brothers' geographic reach into Australia," he said. Grange ...

Up and down the fee chain: Mercer

... classes such as global small cap equity and emerging market equity were more expensive than the simpler variety such as fixed income. The cost, according to the study, typically start at around 15 basis points (bps) or 0.15 per cent to as high as 90 ...

Analyse bonds differently to equities: Loomis Sayles

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2006
... Loomis Sayles, said, "It is commonplace to find investment professionals using the historical returns of various fixed income sectors as the basis for asset and sector allocation decisions& However, in the bond market, historical returns provide very ...

Putnam banks on fixed income

Putnam Investments has flagged that fixed income will remain its key focus in 2007 and will herald in next year with a "conservative approach" in case of more rate rises in the US. "We are sceptical about the prospects for Fed rate cuts in coming months ...

Schroders beefs up distribution

... Management in July as the new head of product and marketing. Hayden Briscoe also joined from Colonial in October as a fixed income portfolio manager. Greg Cooper, Schroders chief executive, said the hiring spree was to ensure the company has all the ...

Macquarie signs BlueBay for emerging market debt

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2006
Macquarie Funds Management has announced that UK based fixed income credit specialist BlueBay Asset Management has been appointed as the emerging markets debt manager for a suite of Macquarie fixed interest products. BlueBay has been appointed to provide ...

FIIG raises $3.5m for next phase of growth

It's a small step for staff but a giant leap for fixed income specialist FIIG Securities Limited (FIIG) after the group completed a $3.5 million capital raising to fund the company's expansion. "We have some of the best and brightest fixed interest ...

BankWest raises high yield stakes

... 4.95 per cent return before fees. But to put in context, the Austock High Yield fund which invests in a mixture of fixed income assets returns 15 per cent per year. Those who want the liquidity of a savings account however and without the buy-sell spread ...