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Assets that thrive under pressure

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
Fixed interest, hedge funds and indexed investments were the top three asset classes based on growth in funds under management (FUM), according to Rainmaker research. Figures show that these three asset classes grew their FUM between June 2007 and June ...

PIMCO Aus adds investment specialist

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... has joined the asset manager from Suncorp Metway where he served as a treasury dealer in the insurance house's fixed interest/money market sales team. Dale will work with the financial planning sector to increase understanding of fixed interest for investors ...

MLC appoints former Fidelity global CIO

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... responsibilities." This is MLC's third key executive appointment this year, having appointed former UBS Global Asset Management fixed interest veteran Michael Karagianis as investment specialist and former UBS O'Connor and PanAgora Asset Management investment ...

Mistaken identity on term deposits

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... said the research suggests education is an issue, with 59 per cent of survey respondents rating their knowledge of fixed interest markets as average. "If advisers needed further training then there are plenty of training options available, with CPD able ...

AMP hires environment, social governance expert

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... implementation of responsible investment practices in all asset classes including listed equities, infrastructure, fixed interest and credit. Kirkman will also engage with Australian companies on ESG issues and support the implementation of environmental ...

Legalsuper continues mandate restructure

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... changes. The fund has terminated mandates with three fund managers totaling $62 million. This included a $38 million fixed interest mandate with Blackrock, a $20 million global equities mandate with Alliance Bernstein and $4 million with the Aberdeen ...

UBS head of credit research joins QIC

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... Management head of credit research, Asia Pacific, Philip Miall, as head of investment grade credit in the firm's global fixed interest boutique. Miall will undertake investment grade credit research and analysis at QIC. He was appointed after a global ...

Funds eye Yuan bond market

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
China has long attracted interest from foreign equity managers but now fixed interest managers are keeping an eye on Yuan-denominated bond markets for fresh opportunities. For the plethora of global growth and Asian equity managers out there, exposure ...

Converting to convertible bonds

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
... with chief investment officers who are not quite sure whether to assign convertible bonds to the equity team or fixed interest team for ongoing monitoring and due diligence" "Convertibles fell out of favor during the credit crisis because of the lower ...

Goldman Sachs retains 'highly recommended" rating

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... Income and Multi-Sector investment teams will now combine and be lead by Subash Pillai who is the Head of Cash and Fixed Interest. In addition to managing the Core Plus Australia Fixed Income Fund, Pillai will also take charge of the multi-sector Income ...