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Staff upheaval at BTIM

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... Institutional Enhanced Cash Fund 'on hold'. S&P said that the funds will be reviewed as part of the Australian fixed interest sector review in early 2011. Meanwhile, S&P's ratings on the BT Wholesale Imputation Fund, BT Wholesale Geared Imputation Fund ...

When Irish eyes are frowning

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
Local fixed interest managers are positioning their portfolios carefully to avoid the Irish fiscal hangover and to exploit opportunities. The European sovereign debt crisis, which has been bubbling under the surface for months now, has resurfaced and ...

NAB Super restructures alternatives portfolio

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... choice options. One of the changes the fund made was transfering its global floating rate credit exposure from the fixed interest asset class to alternatives. This portfolio is made up of both investment grade (lower risk), and sub investment (higher ...

Less options, more choice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... both the Core Pool and Conservative Pool options will no longer have exposure to this asset class. Meanwhile, the Fixed Interest option has been renamed 'Global Bonds' and the Cash Plus option to 'Conservative Pool'.

Super fund returns fall to just 3.7 pct

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... Custom Super the top Australian shares fund, AGEST the top international shares fund, AustSafe the top Australian fixed interest fund and TWU Super the top cash fund. The Rainmaker group is the publisher of the Financial Standard.

Antares wins ipac mandate

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... inflation-linked bond portfolio manager. "In general we are seeing an increasing interest in our diverse range of fixed interest capabilities from institutional investors looking for solutions designed to their specific investment needs," he said. Antares ...

Ipac awards $1bn in fixed interest mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
AXA-owned ipac has awarded a combined $1 billion-plus in fixed interest mandates to Morgan Stanley, Old Mutual Asset Management and Kapstream Capital. Jeff Rogers, chief investment officer of ipac, said the firm handed out around $800 million to Morgan ...

Sunsuper expands in-house investments

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... report to Corrin Collocott, portfolio manager - investment strategy at Sunsuper. Fisher will focus on currency, fixed interest and investment strategy. Meanwhile, Hartley said the fund is looking to hire another analyst shortly, and there could be further ...

CFS GAM makes a case for raising govt debt

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... said. Looking at it another way, at June 30th, Australia' superannuation funds averaged an allocation to Australian fixed interest, which includes government bonds and other instruments, of less than 10 per cent of assets, Rainmaker Information shows. ...

QIC offers instos inflation protection

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
One of the country's largest fixed interest managers raises the ante in the race to provide investors with income protection against rising inflation. After a brief period of incubation, Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has opened the QIC GFI ...