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Australia's first active fixed income ETF goes live

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
A Legg Mason affiliate has become the first to offer an actively-managed fixed income fund as an exchange-traded fund in Australia. Ringing the bell at the ASX in Sydney yesterday, Western Asset Management portfolio manager Anthony Kirkham listed the ...

La Trobe Financial prices $750m RMBS issue

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
Credit specialist La Trobe Financial has priced its seventh issue of Residential Mortgage Backed Securities at $750 million. The issue welcomes six new investors to the RMBS program, including from Australia and overseas. La Trobe Financial chief corporate ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
More investors are turning to fixed income ETFs as a way to finetune their bond portfolios. Karren Vergara finds out what is driving the demand and why this new wave of defensive ETFs is here to stay. Recalling the sharp market correction that stung ...

Swiss manager invests in Queensland solar

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
A Swiss asset manager has invested $50 million in a Queensland-based solar energy plant, as it makes it first foray into Australian renewable assets. SUSI Partners is an asset manager based in Zurich that invests exclusively in renewable energy infrastructure ...

Global asset managers sign responsible firearms framework

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
State Street Global Advisors and Nuveen are among the first signatories of a document designed to improve engagement with companies that manufacture, distribute, sell or regulate products within the civilian firearms industry. Thirteen institutional ...

AMP Capital expands ESG investment team

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... responsibility and business platform; head of finance and acting chief operating officer. Earlier this year the institutional investor's senior manager corporate governance Karin Halliday moved from Sydney to London to "support the globalisation of the ...

Hedge funds fall out of favour with instos: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
New EY research shows investors are turning away from hedge funds and looking to private equity assets to uphold their alternatives portfolio. While hedge funds currently have the lion's share (40%) of institutional investors' alternatives portfolios ...

TH Real Estate launches new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
The real estate manager has taken a stake in a Sydney CBD office building as it launches a new open-ended property fund to invest in Asia Pacific cities. The new fund is aimed at institutional investors. It will buy office, retail, industrial and residential ...

Global manager appoints distribution director

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
Franklin Templeton Investments Australia recently executed a senior distribution hire and flagged the opportunity to further expand its team in the local market. Vivian Sun is moving to Franklin Templeton Investments Australia as a senior director of ...

Yarra targets wholesale market

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
Melbourne-based boutique manager Yarra Capital Management recently opened its absolute credit strategy to wholesale and high-net-worth investors. The Yarra Absolute Credit Fund was previously available to institutional investors but new demand from ...