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The global investment firm has announced a new active bond fund, offering investors a diversified portfolio of Australian and global fixed income securities....

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Amundi has detailed its current asset allocation in fixed income, including its weighting to Japan after the Bank of Japan made its first interest rate hike since 2016....

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While fixed income ETFs have lagged behind their equity counterparts, outgoing Vanguard chief executive Tim Buckley expects the asset class to underpin ETF growth in the ...

Funds management

“Even the best pilots can’t control turbulence”, believes Lonsec chief investment officer Nathan Lim, indicating a need for advisers to hold defensive assets in client po...

Funds management

Income Asset Management has announced seven appointments in its fixed income team as the firm strengthens its reach across Australia....

Funds management

T. Rowe Price has launched a Global Government Bond High Quality Fund for wholesale and institutional investors. ...

Funds management

Northern Trust Asset Management has appointed Christian Roth as its new chief investment officer of global fixed income. ...

Funds management

Invesco has examined the performance of fixed income in the first quarter of 2024 as “central bank speak” caused confusion in markets....

Funds management

For fixed income investors, predicting the interest rate cycle and bond prices can be akin to catching a falling knife, with potentially costly consequences....

Funds management

According to Calastone, 2023 was the first year since 2019 that Australian investors were net sellers of equity funds, as they turned their heads towards the promise of f...

Funds management

Investors are entering 2024 with high weightings to cash but allocations are starting to fall in favour of equities as the RBA opts to hold rates....

Funds management

The interest rate environment of ‘higher for longer’ is prompting financial advisers to increase their weightings to fixed income and cash....

Funds management

Global fund managers have made their biggest shift into bonds since the global financial crisis as interest rates are expected to stay higher for longer....

Funds management

Far from being the death of the 60/40 portfolio, State Street fixed income strategist Marie Tsang believes it is even more relevant than ever in the current market enviro...

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The ETF provider has expanded its range of fixed income solutions by adding two new ETFs that offer investors targeted exposure to US Treasuries. ...

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