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Global recovery bodes well for EM bonds: Fidelity

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... pick-up in emerging market foreign exchange returns." However, he says the next leg of this rally is more likely to be in corporate bonds and local currency issues than in hard currency bonds. He warns investors to be wary of latent inflation risk as ...

Act now to capitalise on Asian fixed income migration: Omega

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... income investor, says the long awaited decoupling of the Asian and European markets earlier this year has seen Asian corporate bonds cementing their appeal. Managing director George Vassos believes the last few years have seen a fundamental economic ...

Brad Fox Appointed AFA CEO

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... skill set to that of AFA CEO in that it was about representing members, providing industry leading events, working with corporate partners and liaising with media and other key stakeholders," Nowak said. Fox is also a former professional AFL player for ...

Investors turn from cash to fixed income: UBS

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... unsustainable going forward. While bonds will remain underweight in 2013, she sees significant value in fixed income through corporate bonds and high yield debt, but recommends clients say shorter than the duration to offset risk further out. "Hybrids ...

ASIC eyes off researchers

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
Australia's corporate watchdog will conduct targeted surveillance of research report providers after it unveiled updated policy to improve the reliability of their products yesterday. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said ...

FIIG Securities appoints new CEO

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
... banking for five years. He previously held key leadership positions at the ANZ, including group managing director for the corporate division, managing director for global transaction services and global industry head for food and agribusiness. Paton ...

Perpetual finds new CFO

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... he said. The Transformation 2015 program saw wide spread job cuts and board pay cuts, and hopes to make the company's corporate structure simpler. Larkins joined Perpetual in October this year from Westpac Institutional Bank where she was chief financial ...

Insto investors confront liquidity crunch

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... market, have an increased appetite for alternatives in the face of low yields on traditional assets. In addition, 39% of corporate plans surveyed expect to increase allocations to corporate investment-grade debt and 30% of public plans anticipate expanding ...

Manual corporate actions processing costly: DST

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
Mistakes, delays and sub-optimal investment decision making associated with the manual processing of corporate actions is costing Australian investors millions of dollars annually. This was the missive delivered by Geoff Harries, global head of asset ...

Upside for risk assets in 2013: Threadneedle

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... are not the same thing and those parked in cash through 2012 missed fantastic opportunities in both global equity and corporate credit markets. He says that the threat of a total disintegration of the eurozone has subsided and China's successful negotiation ...