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Coolabah to manage Contango fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
Christopher Joye's Coolabah Capital has been appointed to manage a floating-rate bond fund from Contango Asset Management. The Switzer Higher Yield Fund (or SHYF) will aim for 1.5% to 3% over RBA cash rate on a rolling 12-month basis. The fund will ...

Active manager performance slumps: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... for many investors, reporting small gains of 2.94% and 2.87% on equal- and asset-weighted bases. The majority (73%) of bond fund managers however, did not beat the S&P/ASX Australian Fixed Interest 0+ Index. A-REITs lost about 22% in the six months to ...

Morningstar upgrades four, downgrades 10

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... Opportunistic Fixed Income, Macquarie Income Opportunities, Schroders' Fixed Income Fund - Wholesale, UBS Australian Bond Fund, and UBS Diversified Fixed Income Fund. Meantime, Dimensional's Five Year Diversified Fixed Interest fund, iShares ...

New 'cash plus' style sovereign bond fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
Jamieson Coote Bonds has launched an absolute return fixed income fund aiming to deliver 2.5% above cash rate while investing only in sovereign debt. The CC JCB Dynamic Alpha fund will hold high-grade sovereign bonds from G7 nations and Australia, with ...

Boutique launches multi-asset fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
New Zealand's Milford Asset Management is launching an income-focussed, multi-asset fund to the Australian market, in its third local launch. The Milford Diversified Income Fund (AU) will invest in fixed interest and equity income generating securities. ...

Australian Unity rejigs executive lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... Unity has appointed a new chief executive for its wealth and capital markets business, as it also launches a new green bond fund backed by Crestone Wealth Management. Esther Kerr-Smith is moving into the role of chief executive for wealth and capital ...

Franklin Templeton cuts fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... also dropping fees on five fixed income funds. The biggest cut in the category is for its Australian absolute return bond fund, which is going from 0.65% per year in management costs to 0.50%. The Australian Core Plus Bond Fund will go from charging ...

Fund managers adapt to market pain

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Aussie equities fund managers steadily improved in performance relative to benchmark from January to March, according to an updated SPIVA Australia Scorecard from S&P. In January, only 21.6% of Australian equities (general category) funds beat the benchmarks ...

Global manager reduces fees on flagship fund

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... T. Rowe Price offerings, the manager said, including its Australian Equity Fund (0.60% p.a.) and its Dynamic Global Bond Fund (0.40% p.a.), which have both been competitively priced for the post Royal Commission and FOFA environment. The government's ...

Aussie funds bleed $4bn in March

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
Investors redeemed over $3.8 billion from local managed funds in April, in the largest monthly net outflows on record, according to Calastone. So far, November 2018 has been the only month with material net outflows in Australia as investors responded ...