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Stocks in freefall on recession fears, banks cut mortgage rates

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... rate cuts. Anne Anderson, head of fixed income global asset management for UBS, said the three-year Australian government bond (expiry June 2014) closed last night at 96.14 with a 3.85% yield. By 10am this morning the contract price had risen to 96.47 ...

Demand rises for Aussie bonds and cash: AMP

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
The flight to safety has returned with fixed income increasing in popularity and mandates flowing to diversified fixed interest, AMP capital said today. Ben Harrop, AMP Capital's Head of Retail Distribution, leads a team that manages $38 billion in ...

BTIM realigns income and diversified funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
... planners that the restructuring has little impact on portfolio management responsibilities with only the Australian government bond management component of the fixed interest portfolios changing, and there is no change in the strategies for the diversified ...

Vanguard launches gov bond fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
Vanguard Investments Australia has launched an Australian Government Bond Index Fund as investors continue to seek haven in safe investments backed by the government. The Vanguard Australian Government Bond Index Fund (the Fund) invests in Government ...

BTIM seeks ESG credit reporting

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
BT Investment Management's multi strategies team wants to broaden its analysis to cover each company's entire capital structure and extend its ethical fund's investment universe to investment grade credit. Robert Swift, BT Investment Management head ...

Magellan puts money where its mouth is

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
... funds that only pay performance fees when returns exceed both a relative market benchmark and 10 year Australian Government Bond yields. The high conviction Global Fund is a market-uncorrelated fund investing in 25-50 companies in the financial services ...

Another mandate win for Perennial

The Australian Primary Superannuation Fund has appointed Perennial Investment Partners to manage its fixed interest mandate, an $80 million Australian Core Plus mandate. This is the second mandate win for Perennial this week. Queensland's local government ...

Qantas flies its fixed interest with Perennial

Qantas Superannuation has appointed Perennial Investment Partners to manage its fixed interest mandate. Perennial's head of fixed interest Glen Feben will be responsible for managing the new Australian Core Plus mandate of $210 million. "Qantas has ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian shares lose ground in late trade

... mixed, as investors continue to digest the impact of rising bond yields. The yield on the May 2013 Australian government bond ended the day four points higher at 5.645%, a smaller increase than in the comparable US Treasury maturity. The Australian dollar ...