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Schroders expands fixed income team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
... the appointment of Steven Hur to 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 ...

Yellow Brick Road leads to Calliva

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
Advice and investment management company, Yellow Brick Road, has begun its spending spree purchasing financial planning firm Calliva Wealth. Sean Aylmer, head of communications and research at Yellow Brick Road, said the company has spent the last six ...

Austock High Yield gets three stars

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
Austock Asset Management has extended its reach into the financial planning industry after its High Yield Fund received a three star rating from research specialist Standard & Poor's. According to Austock Asset Management (Austock), the fund is invested ...

GM takes sustainability mainstream

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
... growing demand for our products," Wagoner said last week. "And now we're right in the middle of a massive rollout of GM hybrid vehicles. By the end of this year, GM will be selling eight different hybrid models in the U.S. In fact, we'll introduce 16 ...

Charter Hall closes retail fund oversubscribed

... Despite being a new fund, Charter Hall Umbrella has been rated "highly recommended" by Lonsec and is one of only three hybrid property funds to receive this rating. The recommendation follows the strong track record of an existing fund, One of its products ...

Ambachtsheer receives Outstanding Industry Contribution Award

... are optimally designed. The world of Defined Benefit versus Defined Contribution has progressed, leading to an optimum hybrid between the two. The key to all this is integrated thinking," he added. Based in Toronto, Ambachtsheer has been in the industry ...

Schroders expands investment team

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
... equities research Justin Halliwell. Steven Hur will join as a credit analyst within the fixed income team and report to hybrid securities portfolio manager Mik Kase. In September, Paul Taylor joined the Sydney based quantitative global equities team ...

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 ...

Bridges over fresh waters

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
... three share income funds namely BT Focus Australia Share, Challengers Australian Share Income and Credit Suisse Global Hybrid Income funds. In property, Perpetual Property Income and Credit Suisse Property Securities got the seal of approval. In global ...

Future Fund appoints former QIC head strategist

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
... Last month, the group completed the re-structure of its $28 billion portfolio into alpha-beta mandates from traditional hybrid fund mandates. In March, the group also injected $30 million in an intellectual property fund with the aim to capture returns ...