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Plato fund oversubscription heralds income appetite

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... targeted raising of $330 million, which is testament to the demand for a professionally managed, well-diversified income portfolio," Hamson said. Martin Currie Australia's chief investment officer, Reece Birtles, has seen a similar upward curve in demand ...

Nikko AM restructures fixed income team

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... join the global fixed income's credit division. Head of customised portfolio management Darren Langer and fixed income portfolio manager Chris Rands will join the rates division and maintain primary responsibility for the Australian fixed income and ...

International manager secures VicSuper mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... $17 billion superannuation fund has engaged Colchester Global Investors to add diversity to its existing fixed income portfolio's return drivers; a directive worth $320 million. VicSuper chief executive Michael Dundon said Colchester, which specialises ...

Challenger names fixed income head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... Aberdeen head of fixed income for Asia Pacific, Victor Rodriguez will join Challenger in April to lead its fixed income portfolio capabilities for Challenger Life and third party investors. Prior to heading up Aberdeen's APAC fixed income operations ...

Legg Mason subsidiary becomes PRI signatory

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
... Global Investment Management's commitment to the PRI was described by David Hoffman, Brandywine's global fixed income portfolio manager, as being "the latest initiative in Brandywine Global's ongoing integration of environmental, social, and corporate ...

Kapstream welcomes new portfolio manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
Challenger's head of fixed income is joining Janus Capital subsidiary Kapstream as a portfolio manager and head of direct lending. After about 12 years in his role at Challenger, Bob Sahota is moving to Kapstream and will contribute to broad macroeconomic ...

PE firm to buy out Goldman Sachs Australian business

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... investment team, Katie Hudson will co-lead the small and mid-cap investment team and Roy Keenan will become fixed income portfolio manager. TA Associates co-head of Asia Edward Sippel said: "We are very pleased to back the management buyout of this exciting ...

FIIG bolsters managed bonds service

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
FIIG Securities has introduced a Conservative Income Strategy option to its Managed Income Portfolio Service (MIPS) program. The new offering will provide investors with simplified access to professional management of investment grade senior and subordinated ...

Super funds return three per cent

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
Superannuation funds have returned an average of 2.9% for the 12 months to 30 June as measured by the SelectingSuper workplace default option MySuper Index, propped up by property and fixed income. The SelectingSuper workplace default option MySuper ...

Bond investors must relax benchmark constraints

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
Fixed income investors will risk paying to lose money unless they're prepared to change their approach to benchmarks, according to infrastructure fund manager QIC. Positive yields have been upturned as a number of key central banks have put negative ...