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Fund managers feast on billion-dollar debt

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... 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 issued offshore in the year to date. In the past ...

Big mandates, big risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... collective US$4 trillion, commonly give large mandates to external investment houses such as BlackRock, Aberdeen, Schroder, PIMCO and Goldman Sachs for management. "When you take sovereign wealth funds as clients, there is a risk," said White. "Nothing ...

Japan bond jitters keep funds guessing

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... preparing for an end to the three-decade Treasury rally with the world's biggest mutual fund Pacific Investment Management Co (PIMCO) recently dumping all Treasuries from its portfolio. But a flight to safety in the Treasury bond market resulting from ...

Sentiment slips on oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... global economic recovery! Goodbye bull run! Welcome back pain! In economic parlance we call this stagflation (baby bear PIMCO's El-Arian may be right after all). This is another case of extrapolating to high heavens - like Dow 30,000 or gold 3,000. Surely ...

Bad news bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... "fear index" soared by 27 per cent to its highest level in nine months. Oh no! We're in trouble now - big trouble. Just ask PIMCO's chief executive officer and perma bear Mohamed El-Erian. Bloomberg reports that, "There will be "higher inflation and ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
... Gains East Europe Recovery Reaches Households, Accelerating Growth BOE Maintains Bond Plan as Economy Sustains Momentum Pimco Raises U.S. Economic Growth Forecast on 'Massive' Stimulus U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Fell 17,000 to 421,000 Household Worth ...

RMBS under the spotlight

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... local fixed income portfolios towards Australian RMBS to capitalise on wide spreads in the asset class. Bond manager giant PIMCO also said last month that it was buying RMBS. "While some commentators have claimed Australian housing has become a bubble ...

Clash of the titans on housing bubble

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... Australia's case, the timing and speed of the decline is very uncertain, but the outcome is inevitable" he continued. In contrast, PIMCO, the country's largest bond manager, said that claims of a housing bubble in Australia are misplaced, and to prove ...

Bad, bad day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... architect and Bill Gate's nominated successor. There was bad news for banks. Bank of America shares sold off on reports that PIMCO, BlackRock and the NY Federal Reserve Bank were seeking to force the BoA to repurchase US$47 billion in mortgage bonds ...

Aussie fund managers outside top 100

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... trillion in AUM, StateStreet leapfrogged Allianz Global Investors, who manages US$1.85 trillion under various brands including PIMCO, into second place.