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PIMCO urges SMSFs to get active

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
PIMCO's Australian bond fund has outperformed Australian shares over the past ten years and actively managed income funds are being tipped to add more value still. Lonsec's 2011 income funds sector review found that the shift towards index funds and ...

Fund managers feast on billion-dollar debt

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... giving fund managers billions of dollars worth of diversification in the fixed income market, leading experts have said. Bond fund giant Pacific Investment Management Co (PIMCO) estimates about US$18 billion worth of Australian corporate debt has been ...

Zenith rates seven funds highly recommended

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
... candidates for client model portfolios. The funds that achieved highly recommended status include Tyndall Australian Bond Fund, Macquarie Income Opportunities Fund, Goldman Sachs JBWere Core Plus Australian Fixed Interest Fund and Advance International ...

US needs double the lifeline

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
A two-pronged monetary and fiscal assault may be needed to revitalise the US economy, according to a US-based fund manager. Tom Callan, head of BlackRock's $12 billion global opportunities team, said that quantitative easing should be coupled with fiscal ...

Bond rush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
Another week, another bad start for Wall Street as the bears continue to loiter the financial playground, scaring the bulls away from the equities roller coaster ride and directing them into the bond market fun house. With no major data release out ...

Challenger back in the black, annuity sales trebles

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
Challenger Financial Services has staged a strong profit recovery during the year, buoyed by a record performance from its annuities business and a 22 per cent rise in gross assets under management to almost $24 billion. The group reported results this ...

SSgA cuts securities lending on fixed income funds

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... SSgA Euro Corporate Bond Index Fund; SSgA Euro Broad Investment Grade Bond Index Fund; and SSgA EMU Government Long Bond Fund II. The firm said the decision was made in the best interest of clients, and a spokesperson from SSgA in Australia said the ...

Omega wins Medibank and Telstra Super mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
... of Omega Global Investors. Separately, Telstra Super is investing an undisclosed amount into Omega's Global Corporate Bond Fund. The bond fund has around $81 million in assets under management, and had yielded 8.7 per cent as at end of June. "We were ...

Report points to low cost fund future

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
An analysis of US-based mutual fund flows has found the lowest cost mutual funds attract more flows than their more expensive counterparts, proving that in the battle between fees and return, fees do matter. The Vanguard Investments report found the ...

Lonsec names income sector's best

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... Traditional Income Sector Review resulted in five funds receiving a 'highly recommended' rating, which include UBS Australian Bond fund, Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest fund and the EQT PIMCO Global Bond fund. The Schroder Fixed Income fund W Class ...