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Fixed income liquidity squeeze bites

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... ongoing COVID-19 correction, and they are slugged with exit costs. Unlisted managed fixed income funds from giants like Vanguard and PIMCO to smaller managers such as Ardea and Kapstream increased their sell spreads in the week ending March 20, while ...

VFMC confirms new chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... appointed to the role on a permanent basis. Carr took on the role on an interim basis before Hayes left, joining VFMC from Vanguard where she was head of human resources and, previously, head of enterprise risk management. She has also previously held ...

Vanguard launches simplified investment platform

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
Vanguard launched a new investment platform designed to simplify the investing experience and provide low-cost access to the firm's most popular products. The global funds management giant's new Vanguard Personal Investor offering will allow Australians ...

Bond fund spreads widen

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... Fund (0.125%/0.125% from 0.025%/0.025%) and Franklin Templeton's Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (0.00%/1.75%). Vanguard this morning changed its buy/sell spread again, and says volatility in the bond markets is expected to continue. "We expect ...

BlackRock appoints Asia Pacific ETF head

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... 25% slice of the total $63.9 billion at February end. The local business is headed by Christian Obrist. It is second to Vanguard, which at $19.8 billion manages about $4 billion more in ETF assets in Australia.

FPA advocates for reduced pension minimums

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... advice, including ASIC Report 627, CoreData analysis produced for MLC Wealth, and reports by global investment managers Vanguard and Fidelity International. The association made several recommendations on the cost of financial advice, starting with establishing ...

Low rates support some bond managers: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... Australian Bond Fund and PIMCO Australian Bond Wholesale. On the global bond front, T. Rowe Price Dynamic Global Bond Fund and Vanguard International Fixed Interest Index (Hedged) option are sitting at the top. Meanwhile, PIMCO's Global Bond Wholesale ...

Best, worst equities performers in COVID-19 sell-off revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... markets strategies were GQG Partners Emerging Markets Equity (-13.29%), Fidelity Global Emerging Markets (-14.6%) and Vanguard Emerging Markets Shares Index (-14.7%). Not all emerging market strategies are created equal, with Vanguard's FTSE Emerging ...

Why Vanguard won't do gold ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... is wary of adding a gold ETF to its 20-strong lineup, even though one of them cracked $1 billion in assets last year. Vanguard has $20.6 billion and 29 ETFs in Australia, 26 of which are passive strategies and three are multi-factor, which Vanguard considers ...

BNP Paribas hires from Vanguard

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
Vanguard's institutional sales team has copped another departure, as an institutional sales manager moves to BNP Paribas' asset management business. Abdul Elhage was an institutional sales manager at Vanguard for nearly five years and left last month. ...