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Grant Samuel signs US fixed income partner

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... in Australia. Grant Samuel selected Payden & Rygel for its ability to provide not just global bonds but also investment grade credit, high yield and inflation linked bonds. Andrew Mckinnon, Grant Samuel's chief executive officer, said the capacity to ...

Bentham wins $350 million mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... Global Income Fund, which invests in instruments such as bank capital securities, global convertible bonds and investment grade corporate debt securities. A minimum of 50 per cent of the portfolio is investment-grade. The second is Bentham Syndicated ...

Ratings round up

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... Colonial First State's FirstChoice Australian Small Companies and Fixed Income strategies, evaluating both at "investment grade".

Fund managers follow the herd

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... funds, mostly large caps but including three small cap funds. Sixteen funds were rated recommended with 10 at investment grade. Only one fund, the AXA NMFM Wholesale Global Equity Growth Fund, was placed on "hold", the second lowest rating. In other ...

Funds price ratings downgrades

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... the last two weeks. Qantas' senior unsecured long-term debt is rated at Baa2, only two notches away from losing investment grade status and Air New Zealand's is at Baa3 - just one ratings change above non-investment grade. Moody's does not provide ratings ...

Building a compelling case for direct property

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... The challenge, however, is that sourcing quality property can be difficult because around three-quarters of the investment grade property assets in Australia are already held in securitised vehicles, said Glenn Riely, senior portfolio manager of real ...

Oil outlook flips on economy flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... "bad" Portuguese government bond auction results, we're in trouble again. But last time I looked, Aa2 was still investment grade. And where would we all be without the good ol' US of A? Data releases here completed the "day of rage" picture. It's trade ...

Bunga bunga

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... 4.5 per cent in the previous year. Indonesia received an upgrade in its sovereign credit rating to one below investment grade from Fitch and Moody's for its efforts. And it's not only in America and Europe and Asia. The Egyptian turmoil appears to have ...

NAB Super restructures alternatives portfolio

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... floating rate credit exposure from the fixed interest asset class to alternatives. This portfolio is made up of both investment grade (lower risk), and sub investment (higher risk) corporate bond exposure. The move was made to lower the potential volatility ...

Subscriber-pays ratings approach more critical: van Eyk

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... (3,376) by Lonsec, 554 (1,775) by S&P, and 303 (4,111) by Morningstar. Of these, van Eyk rates 52 per cent as investment grade versus 87 per cent, 89 per cent, 93 per cent and 95 per cent by S&P, Lonsec, Morningstar and Zenith, respectively. "The fact ...