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Industry fund awards $150m mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... impact projects. The bond, hedged in Australian dollars, is benchmarked against the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index. AIM will provide investors an annual report measuring the positive impacts of bond-funded climate change mitigation and adaptation ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... managers use indices differently - it depends on what each is trying to achieve. Taking the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index for instance, a passive manager will try to match the index in terms of exposure to sector, duration, currency exposure ...

ESG bond portfolio opens to Aussie investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... rates, currency, inflation and credit market positions. It will aim to outperform the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index. Cameron Hume co-founder and chief investment officer Guy Cameron said the fund is designed to be part of a core allocation ...

Legg Mason launches new bond fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... offers investors exposure to an actively managed global bond fund, benchmarked to the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index. Head of investments at Western Asset Australia, Anthony Kirkham, said the firm believes global bonds offer a compelling investment ...

Investors missing healthy returns amid bond fears

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... income strategies have continued to bring about solid returns. In the 12 months to June 2016, Barclays Global Aggregate Index returned 9.34% (in AUD-hedged terms). The annualised return of global fixed income over the past five years has been 7.75%. ...

Bond experts reiterate need for flexible duration strategy

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... investment returns, it is a crucial factor for investors to consider. The duration of the benchmark Barclays Global Aggregate Index has now stretched out to 6.44 years in part because companies and governments are able to issue longer-dated bonds in ...

VicSuper adopts fresh approach to sovereign exposure

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... Aggregate Benchmark. The previous benchmark for the core international fixed interest portfolio was Barclays Global Aggregate Index. This is a market-cap weighted index with sovereign bond exposure of around 60%. This sovereign exposure overweights large ...
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