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Act now to capitalise on Asian fixed income migration: Omega

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... and have a far more positive long-term outlook with a lower probability of downgrade or default." Omega's Corporate Bond fund has had a 40% allocation to Asian corporate bonds, (excluding Japan), since its inception in 2009. "Our proprietary risk-controlled ...

Franklin Templeton launches new global fixed income fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... income fund. Sitting at the more defensive end of the risk/return spectrum, the Franklin Templeton Global Aggregate Bond fund invests principally in fixed or floating rate debt securities issued by governments and corporations worldwide and can have ...

Standard Risk Measure misleading

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... different methodologies to calculate the SRM," Ramsay said. As an example, Ramsay said "fund provider A gave an SRM for its bond fund of 3-4, while fund provider B gave its bond fund an SRM of 1-2, despite both funds having similar benchmarks and performance ...

Dangers of hybrid securities unrecognised: Adviser

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... investment option, suggested Schnelle would be to advise clients to put their money in the Vanguard Dimensional Total Bond Fund or buy over the counter bonds from a fixed interest broker.

Renewed appetite for Aussie stocks

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
According to BetaShares' Australian ETF Review, renewed interest in Australian equities products led to market cap growth of around 4% for the month of July and net new assets of $57 million. While yield remains popular with investors through high dividend ...

Asian managers eye Fund Passport

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
Asian asset managers are still confident in the region despite the effects of the global financial crisis and fragmentation in the market, said RBC Investor Services. In its latest industry poll, RBC Investor Services also said that while undertakings ...

SSgA launches two fixed income ETFs

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... to the Australian bond market. The new ETFs are the State Street Global Advisors' (SSgA) SPDR S&P(R)/ASX Australian Bond Fund and the SPDR S&P/ASX Australian Government Bond Fund. "These new ETFs aim to give retail investors exposure to markets which ...

Premium China expands distribution team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... and government bond yield rates go up, they're going to be up the proverbial creek with no paddle. An investor buys a bond fund for stability and they're going to have that capital wiped out - which is something they often don't understand." Although ...

ILB protect fixed-income: HSBC

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... the decline." Part owned by Fidante Partners (formerly Challenger Boutiques), Ardea manage The Ardea Inflation Linked Bond Fund and the Ardea Wholesale Inflation Linked Bond Fund.

Omega partners with LGS for bond strategy

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
Omega Global Investors has partnered with Local Government Super to create a Sustainable Global Government Bond Fund strategy. The global government bond strategy aims to break new ground in the delivery of risk-controlled asset management in the emerging ...