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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 ...

Too soon for Future Fund asset allocation calls: Murray

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2006
Infrastructure, alternatives and Government and corporate bonds are on the Future Fund agenda, but Fund chairman David Murray is still giving no clues about the possible appointment of a new chief executive officer. Murray was also no closer to disclosing ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2006
Foreign purchases of US securities reached US$69.8 billion in March, lower than market expectations of US$79.9 billion and down from purchases amounting to US$90.5 billion in the previous month. Purchases of US Treasuries were just US$3.1 billion in ...

Macquarie makes it easy to invest in agriculture

Macquarie will streamline the investment process in agricultural projects through its new Agri-Investment facility. Macquarie division director Craig Swanger says the facility was developed in response to adviser demand for a more efficient approach ...

Offshore allocation predicted to increase

The lack of competitive returns in the local market is driving superannuation funds to invest offshore in search of higher returns and greater risk diversification according to global investment manager Franklin Templeton Institutional. As superannuation ...

United Funds management's first birthday delivers returns

Since its inception in September 2003 United Funds Management Ltd has achieved a return of 9.07 per cent. This compares with the UBS Warburg 90 day bank bill accum index, of 5.45 per cent. The fund's aim was to outperform the UBS Warburg Australian ...

Acquisition sparks new name and division for CDC IXIS

... domiciled pooled funds will reside in two funds with new names. The first of these is the IXIS Loomis Sayles Global Corporate Bond Fund that allows clients access to the Loomis Sayles' credit research facilities and is benchmarked against the credit ...

Aust merger and acquisitions continues to gain momentum: report

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2004
Merger and acquisitions (M&A) activity was gaining momentum in Australia and was the key driver of credit ratings volatility, a research article said on Wednesday. With M&A activity expected to accelerate in the second half of this year, holders of ...