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UBS head of credit research joins QIC

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... appointed former UBS Global Asset Management head of credit research, Asia Pacific, Philip Miall, as head of investment grade credit in the firm's global fixed interest boutique. Miall will undertake investment grade credit research and analysis at QIC. ...

Converting to convertible bonds

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
... investors with US$ mandates may have avoided the asset class because relatively limited issuance has been in the investment grade space during the post-crisis era. This year, only 10 per cent of new issuance of US dollar convertibles has been in the ...

SSgA cuts securities lending on fixed income funds

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... open positions in the program. According to the statement, the portfolios affected include the SSgA World Broad Investment Grade Index Fund; SSgA World Government Bond Index Fund; SSgA EMU Government Bond Index Fund; SSgA UK Government Bond Index Fund ...

H3 Global hits $250m mark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... calibre in the future." The fund manager's Global Commodities fund is rated 'four stars' by Standard & Poor's and 'investment grade' by Lonsec while its Global Strategies fund is rated 'three stars' by Standard & Poor's. H3 Global Advisors funds don't ...

Challenger launches Bentham

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... Professional Global Income Fund, which invests in bank capital securities, global convertible bonds, syndicated loans, investment grade corporate debt securities, high yield bonds and cash. At least 50 per cent of the portfolio is investment-grade. They ...

Orion still well regarded despite downgrade: CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... group review last month. Orion's fund was the only strategy to be downgraded. Morningstar continue to have an 'investment grade' rating on Orion's strategy.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... lowering its rating on Greece's debt to BB+ from BBB-. That means that the country's debt does not carry the investment grade tag. The agency is also warning debtholders that they only have an average chance of between 30 to 50 per cent of getting their ...

Babson Capital targets growth in Oz

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... Meanwhile the long term plans for Babson locally include branching out into different asset classes, including investment grade fixed income and infrastructure lending. "The common theme is that they will be high value add... and transactions in the ...

Waked triggers double downgrade

MORNINGSTAR REPORT  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... BlackRock Scientific Australian Equities strategy has received a double downgrade from 'highly recommended' to 'investment grade' by Morningstar after the departure of Morry Waked. The Morningstar report said Waked, former global chief investment officer ...

Russell ups alternatives exposure

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... markets debt exposure. Logan Circle Partners runs a high-yield debt mandate concentrating on the higher tier of sub-investment grade names, around the BB rating. Massachusetts-based DDJ Capital Management manages the lower tier, using a high conviction ...