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More defensive products hit marketplace

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... the Russell Australia High Dividend Shares ETF. RABIF is made up of two managers; Aberdeen Asset Management and Western Asset Management. Meanwhile, Dixon has launched its Australian Masters Yield Fund, which will invest in "the very attractive opportunities ...

Global instos see Aus deficit a "non-issue"

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
... the day it's really a non-issue compared to everyone else," said Anthony Kirkham, head of investment management at Western Asset Australia, which manages the Legg Mason Australian Bond Trust. "It's nice to talk about in politics in Australia but no one ...

Western Asset seeks ops in volatile markets

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
One of the world's largest fixed-income managers, Western Asset Management, has launched a new absolute return credit fund aimed at exploiting credit opportunities amid volatile markets. Speaking at the Legg Mason Investment Symposium in Sydney yesterday ...

Saving Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... Russell Australasian Investment Summit in Melbourne yesterday, David Frazer, client services and marketing manager at Western Asset Management said both housing agencies were critical financing mechanisms for the US housing market and for many years ...

Future Fund continues hiring spree

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
... heavyweights Barry Brakey, co-founder of Pinnacle Property, Mitchell Stack, previous Australian country head at Western Asset Management, and Steve Byron, former private equity portfolio manager of NZ Super.

Western Asset repositions for 2008

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
Global fixed income manager, Western Asset Management, has weighted its portfolio towards European financial investment grade credit and mortgage backed securities to continue its positive return performance in 2008. "In terms of strategy we're going ...

FF appoints investment director

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2007
... director of fixed interest and alternatives. Stack was previously Australian country head and head of investments at Western Asset Management focusing on fixed income. Prior to this appointment, Stack was associate director of utilities and infrastructure ...

Perennial to re-think global fixed income strategy

... re-evaluating its global fixed income strategy with its five year contract with Legg Mason owned overseas manager Western Asset Management (WAM) ending today. A lot of things can happen in five years. In WAM's case, the parent company Legg Mason Asset ...

Legg Mason launches global debt trust

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2006
... is 18 billion, from an external Australian investor. The trust will be managed offshore by Legg Mason affiliate Western Asset Management.

HESTA replaces BGI with Western

The $6.8 billion industry fund HESTA has just appointed Western Asset Management to a 'significant' global fixed interest mandate replacing an indexed global fixed interest mandate managed by Barclays Global Investors (BGI). The mandate is the eleventh ...