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Bill Gross announces retirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
... destination with high hopes, sunny skies and smooth seas." As a result of his departure, Janus Henderson co-head of global bonds and portfolio manager Nick Maroutsos will become responsible for the Global Unconstrained Bond funds from February 15. From ...

Tough quarter for world's largest pension fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... towards stocks with about half its total assets spread in an even split across local Japanese and global equities. Domestic bonds were less at about 28% of the total assets, while foreign bonds made up about 17%, at December end. Returns from all of ...

Yarra Capital adds to investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
... one of the six finalists in Financial Standard's Investment Leadership Awards 2019 in the fixed income -- aggregate bonds. It is competing against strategies from PIMCO, Vanguard, iShares and Perpetual. The winner will be announced on Wednesday ...

Labour and housing drive rate sentiment

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... 2019 at 65 cents. Meanwhile, disappointing CPI and Producer Price Index (PPI) numbers should be supportive of Australian bonds in the short to medium term. For Australian equities, DWS is currently neutral within global equities but expects slower EPS ...

Rest launches low-cost indexed options

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... Indexed invests in a mix of growth and defensive assets comprising: overseas equities (45%), Australian equities (30%), bonds (20%) and cash (5%). It aims to perform in line with the benchmarks' returns (before tax) which are: the S&P/ASX300 Accumulation ...

Ironbark dumps investment manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... change from a portfolio of diversified alternative investment strategies to a quantitative macro strategy comprising global bonds, equities, currency, and commodity markets. The name of the fund will also change, becoming the Ironbark GCM Global Macro ...

Ethical investments top mandate appointments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... $458 billion - a rise of 22%. Over the same period, allocations to equities accounted for 33%, while 10% went to property. Bonds or cash mandates totaled 13% - a drop of 9% year on year. In the 12-month period, Hostplus awarded the most mandates followed ...

UniSuper awards fixed income mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... million mandate from UniSuper as the super fund increased its allocation to fixed income. UniSuper appointed Jamieson Coote Bonds to manage about $180 million in Australian government bonds in November. The mandate came about as the $70 billion superannuation ...

Chief economist update: The curse of Japan's consumption tax hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... started to gain prominence as early as January 2018, when the Japanese central bank "reduced purchases of 10 to 25 year bonds and 25 to 40 year paper by ¥10B ($88.39 million) each, from its previous operations, to ¥190B and ¥80B, respectively" (Factset) ...

Finalists unveiled for FS Investment Leadership Awards

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... Candriam Sustainable Global Equity Fund Responsible Investment Leaders Bal UBS IQ MSCI USA Ethical ETF FIXED INCOME - AGGREGATE BONDS iShares Global Bond Index Fund Perpetual Diversified Income Fund PIMCO Diversified Fixed Interest Fund PIMCO Global ...