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Defensive fixed income wins

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... firm has been communicating with advisers on the pitfalls of investing in certain high risk private debt, hybrid or high yield products. "We believed that the fixed income markets weren't offering a lot of returns for the risk that was on the table," ...

Pax fined for SRI breach

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008
... companies involved with producing weapons, alcohol, tobacco or gambling products. For example, in 2004, for Pax World's High Yield fund, the group bought shares in a shipping company that derived some revenue from alcohol and gambling. "Advisers simply ...

Liquidity jitters raise income yield

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... in commercial mortgage and increasingly, in residential mortgages. "We don't believe that the opportunities exist in high yield credit securities just yet as we believe that meaningful defaults are still to be seen and the impact on prices will follow." ...

Fortitude hires ex-nab and Macquarie staff

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... with nabCapital, specialising in analysing and managing credit, interest rates and the equity risk associated with high yield and convertible arbitrage portfolios. Fortitude Capital currently manages in excess of $150 million for domestic and international ...

FT snags $200m fixed income mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... portfolio that invests in government, securitised and corporate sectors. A portion of the portfolio may also tap into high yield, bank loans and emerging market debt. "The Global Aggregate Fixed Income approach allows us to pursue diversified sources ...

ING IM funds high on cash

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
... significant widening of credit spreads. "We've run a lot more cash in our high yielding products, like fixed income high yield, which we probably had up to around 20 per cent on occasions. We're starting to put that to work in some of the higher credit ...

Macquarie launches defensive options

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
... that caters to both personal investors and financial advisers. Among the offerings is the new Macquarie Cash XL, a high yield cash account for investors and their advisers. The product gives investors a return of 7.75 per cent per annum, easy transfer ...

Aberdeen adds to fixed income Core

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
... managed across domestic bonds but included exposure to uncorrelated investments in global credit, emerging market debt, high yield and currency and interest rate derivative strategies. The fund aims to outperform the UBS Composite Bond index by 150 basis ...

CAAM capitalises on crisis

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
... investment manager in alternative investments at CAAM, said the firm would weight its alternative investments in US high yield, fixed income arbitrage and convertible bond arbitrage. "Markets have been turbulent but US corporate high yield spreads have ...

MLC eyes distressed bank loan market

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
... leveraging its relationship with US-based specialist manager, Oaktree Capital Management, which currently manages a high yield debt portfolio for the firm's diversified debt strategy. According to Gareth Abley, Head of MLC Asset Consulting, the firm's ...