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Artio brings high yield to Aust instos

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... York-based investment management firm, Artio Global Investors, is meeting with super funds this week to introduce its new high yield bond investment strategy as a smart alternative to equities. Since opening its first Australian office in Sydney in July ...

Half-filled empty glass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go." Oh yes Virginia, happy days have come back. Wall Street's up, Europe's up, Asia and Australia are up and up. Scan through the headlines and you get the impression that though all remains ...

Flight to quality boosts PIMCO inflows

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... remain the core allocation of fixed income portfolios but there has also been increasing interest in corporate debt and high yield solutions for the satellite portion of portfolios as an alternative to equities." While demand spiked following periods ...

Fidelity to offer fixed income products to Australian market

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... interest in, in the future," Carle told Fidelity's annual investment forum. "Fidelity is the world's leading manager of high yield assets with dedicated products in the US, Europe and Asia, so it is definitely a significant part of Fidelity's asset base ...

Instos urged to grab sovereign debt chance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... opportunity that Britton was discussing with Australian clients while visiting from the UK last week was better managing high yield exposure using hedge fund techniques. "We're talking about getting a manager that can rotate between different asset classes ...

Hastings appoints new chief executive

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... director in September 2007. Hastings Funds Management is a specialist manager of infrastructure, private equity and high yield investments with approximately A$6.6 billion in funds under management. Hastings is a wholly owned subsidiary of Westpac Banking ...

Super funds signal intention to delve into overseas property

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
Superannuation funds are set to plough $40 billion into real estate investments over the next two years, with plans to significantly raise their exposure to global non-listed property, according to new research. The study conducted by Russell Investments ...

Bonds eye off super funds

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... lower returns, but also with greater consistency, which is ideal for retirees," said Vassos. Vassos said in the past high yield products were promoted as part of defensive portfolios and a preferable option to bonds, which had a lot of structure but ...

US$50bn US manager lands in Sydney

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... Asia. The manager, which has almost US$50 billion in assets under management, also offers various US equity strategies, high yield and local emerging market debt through a range of investment vehicles, including separate accounts, commingled funds and ...

Grant Samuel signs US fixed income partner

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... Grant Samuel selected Payden & Rygel for its ability to provide not just global bonds but also investment grade credit, high yield and inflation linked bonds. Andrew Mckinnon, Grant Samuel's chief executive officer, said the capacity to deliver emerging ...