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Investors back corporate bonds as COVID-19 winner

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... environment, investors have become increasingly aware of the difference between "dividends" and "coupons", according to Aberdeen Standard Investments head of Australian fixed income Garreth Innes. "The discretionary nature of dividends is often taken ...

Global asset manager appoints local insto lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
A global asset manager overseeing almost $1 trillion in assets has appointed a local institutional lead. Aberdeen Standard Investments has appointed Vishal Sharma as institutional director of Australian and New Zealand, as the firm looks to grow its ...

Junk by name, junk by nature?

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... implied by current pricing, is deeper and starker the more credit-intensive and complex the securities and sectors become." Aberdeen Standard Investments head of Australian fixed income Garreth Innes said investors and funds must do their due diligence ...

Global investment firm adds chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... as its new chair, the head of its local operations has confirmed. Chair and former co-chief executive of Standard Life Aberdeen Martin Gilbert has been named chair of Toscafund Asset Management. Described as an industry stalwart by Toscafund, Gilbert ...

Aberdeen Standard global equities funds downgraded

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
International equities funds offered by Aberdeen Standard Investments in the local market have been downgraded to neutral at Morningstar on the back of a style drift. In January ASI announced its head of equities Stephen Docherty would leave the firm ...

US fund manager expands into Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... from BNP Paribas where she held a number of administration and client service responsibilities. She has also worked with Aberdeen Standard Investments and HSBC Australia. GQG Partners is an independent Florida-based boutique equities manager that opened ...

Self-isolation to accelerate secular trends

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... not revert," Mitchell said. "Once that habit is formed, they may not go back." Jason Kururangi, investment manager at Aberdeen Standard Investments agrees that the impacts of social distancing and remote working will have long-term implications. "Two ...

Low rates support some bond managers: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... spreads," the report said. Sitting among the bottom performers is the Janus Henderson Australian Fixed Interest Fund, Aberdeen Standard Australian Fixed Income Fund, AMP Capital Wholesale Australian Bond Fund and PIMCO Australian Bond Wholesale. On the ...

Stand still, get left behind

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... share they are going to lose on the oil side... it's not a winner, it's maybe best case not a loser," Peers said. Aberdeen Standard Investments ESG investment director for Asia Pacific Danielle Welsh-Rose has also seen ESG's ubiquitousness ...

Fee cuts hack at fund manager margins

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... recent years. The most notable of these have been active fixed income managers, where managers like Nikko, Schroders, Aberdeen Standard, and Kapstream, cut their local fees in the last year. There are three main reasons for fee cuts in Australia : managers ...