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PIMCO creates new head of consultant relations role

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
... current environment would spawn renewed interest in defensive asset classes. "The requirement for sophisticated fixed interest research is pressing. Investors need to examine more closely their yield and income strategies in light of compressed yields ...

BT setting a new course in alternatives

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2007
... alternatives allocation from 5 per cent to 9 per cent, the 4 per cent increase funded from Australian equities, Australian fixed interest and cash allocations. Brentnall explained that the AQR allocation is comprised of a pure active absolute return ...

Tricom gains approved rating

... from Aegis Research. Aegis said the fund is well structured and is suitable for investors who want an alternative fixed interest strategy in their portfolio. The researcher added that TIML has a strong network which enables it to access structured transactions ...

Don't put all your credit in one basket

... that is affecting both the domestic and international credit markets. In the year to 30 November 2006, diversified fixed interest funds returned an average 5.6 per cent against the average Australian fixed income fund which returned a lower 5.45 per ...

Lehman Brothers acquires Grange Securities

... will move to Sydney as the group's chief operating officer. Grange Securities was founded in 1995 and provides fixed interest, equities, corporate advisory, asset management and private investor services. Last year it was ranked as the top Australian ...

SELECT tops hedge fund ratings

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
... role in the defensive component of most portfolios, particularly given the low current returns from traditional fixed interest investments and signs that risk levels across most equity markets are high."

Bullish on international equities, bearish on bonds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
... equities over local shares, a defensive bias in their local equity portfolios and cautious views about the outlook for fixed interest and listed property trusts. Supporting the Russell IMO in most part by the Financial Standard Investment Outlook survey ...

CFS adds two to fixed interest and credit team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2006
Colonial First State has added two new recruits to its fixed interest and credit team. Darja Milosevic has joined the team as senior quantitative analyst and Lisa Munckton has been appointed assistant portfolio manager. Milosevic has spent the last ...

Avoid excessive hedging: EQT

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2006
... the problem is that if you hedge excessively you may as well stay in the local market. "Because of hedging global fixed interest can become almost identical to Australian fixed interest. We are even seeing the same thing with listed property trusts." ...

Macquarie signs BlueBay for emerging market debt

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2006
... specialist BlueBay Asset Management has been appointed as the emerging markets debt manager for a suite of Macquarie fixed interest products. BlueBay has been appointed to provide asset management for the Macquarie Diversified Fixed Interest Fund, the ...