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S&P rates cash offerings

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... Fund Services. S&P said that Colonial First State's Wholesale Cash Fund was a 'stand-out' in the cash peer group while Aberdeen Cash Enhanced fund was upgraded to four stars, making it the highest rated fund in that peer group. BT cash and cash enhanced ...

Upside in fixed income: Aberdeen

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... to these markets but they want to do it in a shorter duration way," said Paul Griffiths, global head of fixed income, Aberdeen. The asset manager has looked increasingly at emerging markets such as Latin America, where Venezuela is a house favourite ...

AUI signs up fixed income veteran

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... (AUI) has created a new fixed income team through a joint venture with experienced fund manager Bill Bovingdon. Former Aberdeen CEO Bovingdon set up a boutique funds management business called Altius Asset Management, focusing on fixed income. It is ...

Hedge research warns against poor risk analytics

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... lower portfolio volatility rose to 18 per cent from 8 per cent a year earlier. Stuart James, senior investment manager at Aberdeen Asset Management, said Australian fund manager should take note of the concerns raised by investors. "I would agree that ...

Aberdeen mounts case for active fixed income investing

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... maturity, as well as opportunities outside the universe of the index. According to Rainmaker Information to June 30th, Aberdeen was the seventh largest fixed interest manager in Australia with more than $10 billion in locally sourced fixed interest assets ...

RMBS under the spotlight

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... Whether investors will pile back into the RMBS market in the future to pre-GFC levels, remains up for debate. In June, Aberdeen Asset Management flagged that it was tilting its local fixed income portfolios towards Australian RMBS to capitalise on wide ...

When Irish eyes are frowning

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... borne by its taxpayers has led to fears over haircuts on bond investments. Victor Rodriguez, head of fixed income at Aberdeen Asset Management Australia, said that the risk of creditors being forced to take a haircut at some point down the line "is not ...

More defensive products hit marketplace

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... Capital, stock picker Perennial Value, and the Russell Australia High Dividend Shares ETF. RABIF is made up of two managers; Aberdeen Asset Management and Western Asset Management. Meanwhile, Dixon has launched its Australian Masters Yield Fund, which ...

AMIST Super takes driver's seat on cash and bonds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... officer (CIO). Two months on, one of Pham's first moves was to help oversee the shift of a $60 million cash mandate with Aberdeen Asset Management into a term deposit investment managed internally. AMIST chief executive John Livanas said Aberdeen still ...

Legalsuper continues mandate restructure

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... interest mandate with Blackrock, a $20 million global equities mandate with Alliance Bernstein and $4 million with the Aberdeen Listed Property Trust. As part of its portfolio rebalancing, the fund appointed a new $30 million structured credit mandate ...