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VicSuper awards $100M absolute return mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... of diversified global fixed interest assets which include a mix of investment grade bonds, high yield and emerging market debt. This portfolio has grown to more than $300 million today. The new mandate is expected to "focus on absolute return rather ...

MTAA Super awards $200m global credit mandate

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... securities, the sovereign debt of developed nations, agency bonds, asset-backed securities and high-yield and emerging-market debt, where permitted by client guidelines. It fits into MTAA Super's Diversified Fixed Interest My Choice option, which seeks ...

Investors blind to arbitrage opportunity in emerging market debt

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... outperformed their US equivalents comfortably over the last 15 years but while the numbers support the case for emerging market debt, he senses that investors still have unfounded anxiety about allocating to it. "Why won't investors go and take that ...

Hold fire: Emerging market debt set for correction

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
Investors considering allocating to emerging market debt should hold fire for the time being because the end of stimulus measures in the US will bring a more attractive risk-reward trade-off. That is the view of HSBC Global Asset Management head of ...

Voya appoints head of emerging market debt

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
Voya Investment Management has appointed Jean-Dominique BA1/4tikofer to its fixed income team as head of emerging markets. He will be responsible for directing the fund manager's investment strategy across all fixed income asset classes in emerging ...

Multi-asset emerging market approach halves volatility

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
A multi-asset approach which blends emerging market debt, dividend paying stocks and high growth small and mid-sized companies is the key to easing institutional investors' anxiety about the high level of volatility that comes with investing in developing ...

Multi-asset portfolios key for retiree income

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... become increasingly difficult to get a good level of income through traditional assets. High yield credit and emerging market debt have higher yields but you have to take the rough with the smooth," he said, noting that the annual volatility for these ...

Appetite for overseas assets continues to grow

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... Investment grade credit is the most popular category of global fixed income among those surveyed. However, both emerging market debt and sovereign debt have more than doubled in popularity since May. "No investors preferred sovereign debt in May and ...

CFSGAM issues its first SIV product

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... range of asset classes including global listed infrastructure securities, global emerging market equities, emerging market debt, global property securities, global resource equities, global equities, global fixed interest and credit, and short term investments ...

State Street appoints head of active investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... Lacaille said. SSgA is expanding its fixed income investments in areas such as structured credit, high yield and emerging market debt. Interest in these alternative asset areas has grown since the global financial crisis, with asset owners dissatisfied ...