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QSuper ploughs $2b into derivatives and swaps

Super fund QSuper has taken the extraordinary step of investing around $2 billion in derivative and swap contracts that mimic the performance of inflation-linked bonds as an alternative to buying the real thing. As the name suggests, inflation-linked ...

Pimco replacement smooth sailing

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2006
... Pimco's Australian domestic portfolios. Pimco's domestic portfolios include, the retail and wholesale Pimco Australia Bond Fund, the retail and wholesale Pimco Global Bond Fund and the Wholesale Diversified Fixed Interest Fund. Foxall has be responsible ...

Barclays wins S&P top prize

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2006
... manager of the year. Dimensional Global Value Trust was named global equities manager of the year. Tyndall International Bond Fund was awarded global fixed income manager, AXA Wholesale Australian Monthly Income Fund picked up the award for Australian ...

DeAM chases alpha in fixed income

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2006
The alpha trend has stepped neatly over to the fixed income space, with Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) being the latest fund manager to announce the roll-out of a new high yield fixed income fund. The announcement comes only a week after global fund ...

Global tech shutting down, emerging markets bounce back

Recent data from US based research house Emerging Portfolio Fund Research (EPFR) has highlighted that global technology funds suffered record net outflows in the recent period, with losses in the year to date amounting to US$3.3 billion. EPFR commented ...

Emerging markets enter hibernation

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2006
Emerging market fund flows are at a virtual stasis after recent volatility and a large scale capital exodus in June, according to the latest figures released by Emerging Portfolio Fund Research (EPFR). Emerging market fund flows were virtually stagnant ...

Back to bonds: EPFR

... sector fund groups: commodities/materials, real estate and utilities. The Massachusetts-based company tracks equity and bond fund flows, cross border capital flows, country and sector allocations and company holdings data from 15,000 international, emerging ...

Emerging market global inflows post all time high

Emerging market equity and bond funds, along with global equity funds, last week posted all time record inflows. According to data published by Emerging Portfolio Fund Research (EPFR), emerging market equity funds welcomed a massive $3.3 billion last ...

S&P gives local LIC thumbs down

S&P has given a 'not recommended' rating to local fund Global Masters Fund (GMF) which invests in Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. S&P fund analyst, Simon Scott, said that GMF, which is a listed investment company, is offering retail investors poor ...

Funds leave the US, bound for Japan

Investors have shunned US equity funds, channeling funds into Japanese equity funds instead. One of the more pronounced trends of 2005 continued in the first quarter of calendar year 2006, with investors pulling money out of US equity funds and pouring ...