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IFM Investors ready to ramp up corporate lending

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... billion is in direct lending and the rest across warehouse facilities for non-bank lenders making consumer loans and fixed income. Hiran Wanigasekera, an executive director at IFM Investors with joint management responsibilities for key credit portfolios ...

Fund managers adapt to market pain

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... well, with nearly 60% beating their benchmarks in the best performance of all asset classes that SPIVA looked at. "Fixed income securities are safe-haven investment during equity market crisis and corrections, though Australian bond funds tended to underperform ...

Active versus passive: The debate continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... business." Of course, there is an inherent difference between investing in equities and another asset class like fixed income. Mihkel Kase, Schroders portfolio manager fixed income & multi-asset, said active investment is important and allows flexibility ...

Sentiment weakens as macro threats loom

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... US. In comparison, Natixis Australia managing director and head of distribution Louise Watson sees opportunities in fixed income and alternative assets - including credit and real estate. "On the fixed income side, our affiliate manager Loomis Sayles ...

Performance analyst jobs hold steady in COVID-19

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... demand for performance analyst candidates with specialist experience with unlisted investments (infrastructure), and fixed income," Kaizen Recruitment managing director Matt McGilton told Financial Standard. "While business development roles and investment ...

Investors pile into companies on life support

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... portfolio. "From my perspective, diversifying across asset classes is the best option," he said. "Having exposure to fixed income (treasuries etc), and domestic and international equities reduces the risk of stock specific and sector risks," he said. ...

Investment manager launches income fund

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... invested in Australian bank equity or hybrid securities." In the past, Australian investors have also relied heavily on fixed income investments with high exposures to banks and local mortgages, Benveniste said. "The Ares Global Credit Income Fund seeks ...

Global asset manager launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
T. Rowe Price has expanded its suite of fixed income investment solutions for Australian investors with the launch of the T. Rowe Price Global High Income Fund. The asset manager said the fund is a concentrated, high-income portfolio of primarily global ...

Investors back corporate bonds as COVID-19 winner

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... 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 for granted when the economy is humming along, but they ...

Cbus ready to deploy cash

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... global equities, EM, quantitative equities, Australian small caps, Australian direct lending, infrastructure, cash, fixed income portfolios and its subsidiary Cbus Property. Fok said this will probably increase to 40% over time. "We are thinking about ...