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FTSE100 pensions in the red

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
... benefits significantly more expensive at the same time as asset values fell." He said that while the increase in corporate bond yields partly offset the effect of inflation, it wasn't enough to stop a deficit. Yet Bhabra said these results could reinforce ...

Canadian pensions down again

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
Canadian pension funds suffered a slump for the third consecutive quarter as deepening financial worries depressed equity markets worldwide. According to a survey by RBC Dexia Investor Services, Canadian pension funds suffered a 1.9 per cent slide in ...

Schroders expands fixed income team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
... credit analyst in November last year. In this role Fullerton will analyse the Australian hybrid securities and corporate bond markets. Fullerton previously spent five years as lead analyst at Moody's Investor Services in the Australian, New Zealand and ...

Fortune favours the prudent

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
As investors are left picking up the pieces from the recent share market and credit crash, some industry figures believe the answer lies in investors' ability to find a balance between investing with a long-term perspective, and making decisions quickly. ...

Diversification under the microscope

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
With easy money gone following the sub-prime fallout, an industry expert has urged investors to re-assess how diversified their investment portfolios are and whether they can withstand further market volatility. Damien Crowley, general manager of adviser ...

LDI spurs growth of bond derivatives

The demand for inflation-linked bonds and their derivatives is set to rise in tandem with the growing popularity of liability driven investing (LDI) in Australia and overseas, according to experts. As the name suggests, LDI is a form of investment strategy ...

IXIS revises and renames bond fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2007
IXIS Asset Management Australia has revised its IXIS Sayles Global Corporate Bond Fund broadening its investment mandate and rebranding it with a new name. The fund will now be know as the IXIS Loomis Sayles Global Bond Fund. It has been revised for ...

Putnam banks on fixed income

Putnam Investments has flagged that fixed income will remain its key focus in 2007 and will herald in next year with a "conservative approach" in case of more rate rises in the US. "We are sceptical about the prospects for Fed rate cuts in coming months ...

DeAM chases alpha in fixed income

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2006
... premiums improve in the future the ability to use long/short strategies will give them an edge over typical long only corporate bond funds. "Our long/short credit capability, together with uncorrelated global alpha transfer strategies, is essential in ...

Pimco plans absolute return fixed interest fund

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
Pimco Australia has announced it is working on a new absolute return fixed interest fund, the Pimco Absolute Return Series (PARS), which will use leverage to let investors dial up their exposures. Speaking at the Portfolio Construction Conference on ...