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Top mandate winners woo super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... investment deals in the past 12 months. The investments are spread across Australian and international equities, fixed interest and alternative asset classes. Schroders came in second with nine, and BlackRock third at eight. Vanguard, Perennial Investment ...

Zenith rates seven funds highly recommended

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
... include Tyndall Australian Bond Fund, Macquarie Income Opportunities Fund, Goldman Sachs JBWere Core Plus Australian Fixed Interest Fund and Advance International Fixed Income Multi-Blend Fund. The other three include Colonial First State Wholesale Global ...

Covered bond conundrum

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... yields, said a QIC credit market expert. Australia's super funds already have comparatively low allocations to fixed interest and it's difficult to see how covered bonds will increase their appetite when the yields will be lower than those on offer in ...

FUM hits $1.37tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... order of asset class growth were hedge funds (up 37 per cent), international property (up 17 per cent), Australian fixed interest (up 12 per cent), international fixed (up 9 per cent), private equity (up 5 per cent), Australian equities and listed property ...

Super up 8 pct to 1.28 tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
... reveal that 48 of not-for-profit super fund assets are held in equities, 16 per cent in alternatives, 14 per cent in fixed interest, 11 per cent in cash and 9 per cent in property. Retail funds however have 59 per cent in equities, 23 per cent in fixed ...

Aberdeen mounts case for active fixed income investing

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
While the active versus passive debate usually centers around stocks, one of the country's largest fixed interest managers is keen to have the same argument around bonds. In a new paper, Abedeen's head of Australian Fixed Income, Victor Rodriguez, argues ...

BTIM targets planners and boutiques

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
... this reason, we have combined our income capabilities within the one team, and have appointed [head of income and fixed interest] Vimal Gor... to lead that team," he said. The firm is also looking to broaden its products available in the diversified ...

ECB relents, sort of

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... special liquidity measures - unlimited cash - to commercial banks through to the first quarter of next year at fixed interest rates and over periods of up to three months. Similarly, the ECB would maintain the existing bond purchase programme announced ...

DNR wins mandate, targets dealer groups

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... director at DNR, said the $40 million mandate will be invested in a multi-class strategy, including Australian shares, fixed interest and international holdings. He was unable to name the investor due to confidentiality agreements. In addition to the ...

VicSuper restructures asset allocation

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
The $7.7 billion VicSuper has reallocated 5 per cent of its property portfolio to fixed interest, reduced its private equity holdings, and aimed to hedge 65 per cent of its international equities portfolio as part of its investments update in the last ...