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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 ...

Rainmaker reveals 2011 Sales & Marketing Excellence Awards

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... biggest winner from the 2011 Rainmaker Sales & Marketing Excellence Awards Dinner last night, picking up three awards, while PIMCO, Legg Mason and AustralianSuper each scooped two. The awards dinner, compared by ABC newsreader Richard Morecroft, brought ...

The sound of QE3

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... action. Gauging by the Fed's lowered growth and raised unemployment forecasts, another kinder surprise would be forthcoming. PIMCO's Bill Gross thinks so too! Gross tweeted, "Next Jackson Hole in August will likely hint at QE3 / interest rate caps." ...

Fear is in the air

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... investors aren't listening to Moody's any longer. If they did, they'd be purging US Treasuries off their portfolios - just as PIMCO did back in March - or simply not adding anymore. But that's not what current US bond market pricing indicates. Yields ...

Bigger picture, nicer picture

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011

PIMCO appoints insto specialist

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
Bond investment manager PIMCO has appointed a new executive vice president to help service an anticipated increase in demand from superannuation clients looking to fixed interest for reliable returns. Eric Frerer has been appointed executive vice president ...

Aussie downgrades likely as S&P reviews rating system

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... notches but that's a really outside chance from what I can gather." Rob Meade, head of portfolio management in Australia for PIMCO, said the area of bank ratings was a little opaque in terms of outcomes, especially when striking a balance between Australia's ...

Never wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011

May go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... shelter, it's exactly what the bond market's indicating. US bond yields continue to head lower despite talks of inflation, PIMCO's announcement of its divestment of its US government bond holdings, and more recently, Standard & Poors' US sovereign credit ...

Much ado over a known known

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... forget you...when there is always something there to remind me? What are the repercussions of a credit ratings downgrade? PIMCO's chief executive and co-chief investment officer, Mohamed El-Erian, explained it eloquently, a credit downgrade because of ...