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Aussie instos hungry for EM debt assets

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
Australian institutional demand for Asian and emerging market debt strategies will intensify in 2013, according to HSBC Global Asset Management chief executive for Asia Pacific Joanna Munro. The investment manager is meeting with Australian clients ...

Value in EM debt and bank loans for bond investors

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
Fixed income investors can still find pockets of value in the bank loan and emerging market debt markets, according to Invesco's head of fixed income in London, Greg Freer. The compression of global yields in the wake of the global financial crisis ...

CFSGAM appoints CIO, infra analyst

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... head of Fixed Interest and Credit Tony Adams, head of Short Term Investments Tony Togher and head of Global Emerging Market Debt Helene Williamson will all report directly to him. Griffiths has over 22 years of Fixed Income experience and joins CFSGAM ...

EM debt funds burst bond bubble fears

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
Despite fears of a global bond bubble, investors have poured into emerging market debt at record rates. Last year was the most successful on record for the asset class with inflows reaching more than $94 billion and average returns were in excess of ...

EM corp bonds better than US: CFSGAM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... for speculators, improving fundamentals and record low yields in the developed world have converged to make emerging market debt an increasingly popular investment for mainstream investors in recent years. Williamson says that there are a number of factors ...

CFSGAM inflation plus fund targets post-retirement market

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
... tactical exposures to give performance at the edges. The fund is free to invest in equities and bonds, credit, emerging market debt, total return swaps, ETFs, volatility derivatives and CFSGAM investment trusts and will hold more, less or none at all ...

Structural shifts reposition EMs as less risky investments

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
... Dorsey adds, is that there is a structural reduction of risk in emerging market economies, not least through emerging market debt being upgraded to investment grade. "While risk hasn't been eliminated entirely, we are seeing a situation where the risk ...

Global recovery bodes well for EM bonds: Fidelity

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... high-quality government bonds in developed markets appear overvalued (versus his fair value models), Wells expects emerging market debt to remain attractive given the prospect of capital flowing to higher-yielding currencies. "There is a strong correlation ...

Insto investors confront liquidity crunch

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... allocations to corporate investment-grade debt and 30% of public plans anticipate expanding allocations to emerging market debt investments in the coming year. Rebecca Schechter, senior vice president and head of foundations and endowments at State Street ...

EM debt not to be overlooked: HSBC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
Emerging market debt and its benefits should not be overlooked by Australian institutional investors, said senior HSBC investment heads. While most are well versed in emerging market equities, many have questioned whether the returns outweigh the risks ...