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New private debt fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
... compared to asset classes such as bonds," Metrics Credit Partners managing partner Andrew Lockhart said. "Like all fixed income, it helps to provide portfolio diversification, along with a stable cash yield with low risk of capital loss compared to equities." ...

Schroders readies private assets offering

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... that is unique about this fund - there are no performance fees." Schroders, best recognised in Australia for its fixed income and equity strategies, only recently made a move to sell private asset funds to local investors, as first reported by Financial ...

Mandates from superannuation funds slow

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... Australian equities ($983 million) and alternatives ($749 million) but mandates to other asset classes including fixed income were flat at under $100 million each. "Everyone's been obsessed with the COVID crisis. Now is not the time to be swapping ...

Schroders director jumps to Robeco

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... APAC equities investment team is based out of Hong Kong, while Singapore office is an extension of its Rotterdam fixed income team and Shanghai office feeds on-ground China A-shares research to its investment teams across the globe, which together had ...

Franklin Templeton cuts fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... year. The Templeton Global Trust Fund will go from charging 0.96% to 0.75%. The manager is also dropping fees on five fixed income funds. The biggest cut in the category is for its Australian absolute return bond fund, which is going from 0.65% per year ...

Fixed income investors get new ESG rating

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
Global responsible investment manager Insight Investment has introduced a new ESG risk rating for fixed income products, which it claims covers around 95% of companies in global investment grade indices. The firm's new ESG risk rating tool provides ...

Challenger raising $300m, to add IG bonds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... Challenger is raising up to $300 million to add to its balance sheet and will invest further in investment grade fixed income. The institutional placement of $270 million is priced at $4.89 per share for about 55.2 million new shares representing 9% ...

FIIG calls for taxation, regulatory overhaul

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... FIIG Securities has called on the government to impose structural changes to the Australian taxation system to see fixed income fairly promoted across all investor groups. In its submission to the Standing Committee on Tax and Revenue, FIIG said there ...

Hedge funds in the green in May

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... doesn't matter - when it comes to long/short strategies, with the ten largest funds down -10.17% for the month. Fixed income and credit strategies posted average gains of 3.28% in May; however are still down -6.16% year-to-date. Brazil-focused strategies ...

Pendal bolsters ESG fixed income capability

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
ASX-listed fund manager Pendal has moved to strengthen its capability in ESG fixed income investing through a series of appointments. Two new assistant portfolio managers have been appointed to the firm's bond, income and defensive strategy teams, with ...