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IAM Funds names inaugural chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
... manager Fortlake Asset Management as executive director. Baird most recently spent more than four years at Western Asset Management as head of client services and marketing for Australia and New Zealand. Prior to that, he was an investment specialist ...

Credit value exists in emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... a global fixed interest investment manager still sees value in the higher quality part of the market. Western Asset Management said the double-barreled shocks of coronavirus containment measures and the oil price collapse will still provide opportunities ...

Fidelity sweeps Morningstar Australia Awards

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... fund manager of the year, beating Pinnacle boutique Hyperion Asset Management and Legg Mason boutique Western Asset Management. "[The award is] due to its impressive lineup of strategies that consistently outperform peers and indices across multiple ...

Funds management excellence to be recognised

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2019
... Australia UBS Global Asset Management Australian Fixed Interest Ardea Investment Management Legg Mason Ltd/Western Asset Management Company Macquarie Asset Management Exchange Traded Products BetaShares Capital BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) ...

Kapstream looks to Chi-X for active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... Investment Management listed its real outcome bond fund as an ETF (ASX: XARO) and Legg Mason boutique Western Asset Management partnered with Betashares to list on the ASX.

Challenger kicks off active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... on listing Australia's first active fixed income ETF. However, Legg Mason fixed income affiliate Western Asset Management beat it when it rang the bell at the ASX on November 19 to list the Betashares Legg Mason Australia Bond Fund (BNDS). In the ...

Australia's first active fixed income ETF goes live

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... income fund as an exchange-traded fund in Australia. Ringing the bell at the ASX in Sydney yesterday, Western Asset Management portfolio manager Anthony Kirkham listed the Betashares Legg Mason Australian Bond Fund. The ETF (ASX: BNDS) is built on back ...

Global manager appoints distribution director

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... institutional investors in Australia and New Zealand. Sun has held roles at Mercer, Neuberger Berman, and Western Asset Management. In her most recent role she was Neuberger Berman's vice president, institutional business, and institutional business ...

Global fixed income manager mulls active bond ETFs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
... super fund clients. Addressing a media briefing in Sydney this week, executives of Legg Mason-aligned Western Asset Management spoke of the high barriers to entry in the fixed income market for SMSFs, proposing actively managed bond ETFs as a potential ...

Bond funds complete circle for Legg Mason

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... underperform on an absolute basis. On a relative basis people still want access to that kind of strategy. "Western Asset Management has an unconstrained macro opportunities fund which also draws on all the levers you can imagine to generate a targeted ...