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Legg Mason launches new bond fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... Australia, Anthony Kirkham, said the firm believes global bonds offer a compelling investment opportunity. "Global fixed income is the largest and most diverse asset class. It provides stable income with lower volatility thus improving the predictability ...

AMP and Zenith portfolios add global bond fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
... Payden Global Income Opportunities Fund, distributed by Grant Samuel Funds Management, is an unconstrained global fixed income fund and is based on Payden's absolute return strategy. Relative to the Bloomberg AusBond Bank Bill Index, the fund has generated ...

AMP Capital execs depart in investment shake-up

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
... business, Nathan Boon, will oversee portfolio implementation; Boon, Dekell and Baillie will report to head of global fixed income Simon Warner. The company has also combined its two listed real assets teams, listed infrastructure and real estate. Co-head ...

BTIM adds to executive lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... having previously worked for BT in both Sydney and New York as senior vice-president, currency overlay and global fixed income between 1993 and 2000. Most recently Matthew served as head of the institutional pensions team at Goldman Sachs in New York ...

Franklin Templeton fund receives ratings upgrade

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... risk within the portfolio and versus the benchmark." The fund's investment team draws on Franklin Templeton's global fixed income team, a platform with more than 30 years' experience managing multi-sector and single-sector investment strategies. Portfolio ...

No new monetary policy moves on horizon: AB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... easing has the potential to produce hostile consequences, according to the portfolio manager of the AB Dynamic Global Fixed Income Fund John Taylor. Taylor says any US rate rise this year will likely be small, with the Fed expected to hold off another ...

Infrastructure investment will top $40 trillion

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... investors wising to complement existing asset classes such as Australian equities, international equities or global fixed income." The white paper also explains that a portfolio hedged to the Australian dollar will protect local investors from the adverse ...

AB fund receives rating upgrade

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016
Lonsec has upgraded AllianceBernstein's (AB) Dynamic Global Fixed Income Fund to "Recommended". Launched in 2014, the fund is designed for investors with higher risk tolerances who want to achieve income returns exceeding those of bank bill rates. To ...

Legg Mason launches macro bond fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... capabilities of Legg Mason's multi-affiliate model, and is managed by its largest investment affiliate and global fixed income specialist, Western Asset. The Legg Mason Western Asset Macro Opportunities Bond Fund sits alongside other highly rated Legg ...

QIC appoints global fixed income director

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
QIC has appointed a new director - global fixed income and absolute return. Based in London, Paul Nicholson joins QIC from Vontobel Asset Management, where he spent five years as head of absolute return bond strategy. Prior to that, he was a portfolio ...