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Investing on thin ice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
A leading fixed income manager likens the market to a car careening into a frozen pond and fishtailing before steadying - except the car could still crash and is still on thin ice. Roger Bridges, head of fixed income at $10 billion-plus fund manager ...

BTIM adds to multi strategies team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
BT Investment Management has appointed former Aviva and UBS executives, Vimal Gor and Stuart Eliot to its multi strategies team. Gor previously worked for over 10 years at Aviva Investors in London, where he was responsible for the management of the ...

EQT and Schroder get ratings upgrade

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
... FirstChoice Wholesale Fixed Interest fund was awarded a three stars rating while the MLC Wholesale Horizon 1 - Bond Portfolio was given a four stars rating. The review found fixed interest fund managers overall are slightly altering their strategies ...

Asset completes investment review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... managers: Franklin Templeton, Mondrian (UK), Kapstream and Blackrock. Sentinel also oversaw the transition of Asset's bond portfolio.

Asset Super completes intl mandates review

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... managers: Franklin Templeton, Mondrian (UK), Kapstream and Blackrock. Sentinel also oversaw the transition of Asset's bond portfolio. John Paul, Asset Super chief executive said in January that the initial mandate changes to its international equities ...

ING IM backs Asian bonds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... America and Central and Eastern Europe," the report said. "Emerging countries used to be included in an equity or bond portfolio only at times of economic boom, but these days, ING Investment Management says they are increasingly a constant factor in ...

Challenger buys 30pc stake in ex-CS boutique

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
Challenger has snapped up 30 per cent of a soon to be launched fixed interest boutique headed by former head of fixed interest at Credit Suisse Asset Management Australia, Ben Alexander. Challenger will buy one third of the new boutique, expected to ...

Credit investors put bond issuers on notice

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... June leading a roadshow to meet with local credit investors. The aim of the meetings was to repair relations with bond portfolio managers and analysts who had been very critical of the way Wesfarmers handled the issue of some outstanding bonds during ...

Oil prices a two-way street

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
Record high oil prices is fuelling the Middle East to export nearly as much capital as they do oil, tying their economies to that of the west and acting as a brake on ever higher fuel prices. Saudi Arabia produces about one-third of the world's oil ...

IXIS revises and renames bond fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2007
... extensive discussions with clients and consultants with the goal of delivering to the marketplace a superior global bond portfolio that reflects the evolution of both the bond markets and client needs." The fund's benchmark is the Lehman Brothers Global ...