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Legg Mason bond trust upgraded

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
... $US436 billion under management. The strategy invests principally in government bonds, corporate bonds and other fixed interest securities. In its fund review, Zenith noted that the trust is "one of the strongest offerings in the Australian fixed income ...

Altius adds industry veteran to advisory committee

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
Fixed interest specialist Altius Asset Management has appointed a senior industry figure to its investment advisory committee. Former Perpetual Investments group executive Michael Gordon, who has also held global chief investment officer roles at Fidelity ...

EQT appoints former executive as senior manager

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
... roles in the financial services industry both in Australia and overseas. O'Brien has experience with equities, fixed interest and structured finance. He has a breadth of experience through his work with J. P. Morgan, BNY Mellon and the Irish Stock Exchange ...

Super funds reverse poor start to 2016

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... months to end April. Over the same period, returns for other classes made modest but positive contributions with fixed interest adding 3.4%, and cash adding 2.3%. In net terms this means funds with relatively high exposure to Australian equities and ...

Vanguard launches Australian corporate bond ETF

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... offers investors a broadly diversified portfolio of quality corporate bonds. The Vanguard Australian Corporate Fixed Interest Index ETF (ASX: VACF) offers access to around 260 investment-grade, Australian-issued bonds from corporations like Australia's ...

SMSFs up property, managed funds exposure

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... 35.8% over the period. Cash and short term deposit exposure stood at 18.4% of portfolios at 31 March 2016 while fixed interest and international equities represented 12.3% and 12.6% respectively. Direct property represents around 78% of the total property ...

Super fund asset class performance disappoints

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
... a 10 year basis however this asset class option has outperformed this index. Meanwhile assets options for both fixed interest have on average provided returns lower than the relevant index. Whilst the average return of the market varies from the index ...

SPIVA report paints sad picture for active management

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
... outperformed the S&P/ASX 200 A-REIT, and 87% of Australian bond managers underperformed the S&P/ASX Australian Fixed Interest 0+ Index. Commenting impartially on the new data, the report said: "There is nothing novel about the index versus active debate. ...

Frontier appoints two senior consultants

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... consulting group leader within the Melbourne Office. Prior to this he spent 10 years at Standard & Poor's working in fixed interest and alternatives. Barr also spent five years at National Mutual, where he worked across both the funds management and ...

Super the bedrock for multi-sector funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... 134. Global bond ETPs also entered the Australian market for the first time including the Vanguard International Fixed Interest Index (Hedged), Vanguard International Credit Securities Index (Hedged), and iShares Global Corporate Bond (AUD Hedged) ETF. ...