Ahead of the 2023 Fund Manager of the Year Awards on 22 June, Money Management spoke to finalists of the Australian Fixed Income Fund of the Year....
Solving today’s sustainability challenges will be funded by debt, writes Chris Dastoor, meaning it is worth investors considering ESG in their fixed income allocations. ...
Investors should remain cautious about extrapolating short-term cyclical boosts into a presumption of a higher secular trend rate of growth or inflation, according to Wes...
Western Asset is optimistic on Australian fixed income, favouring semi-government bonds despite the reduction in the cash rate as it believes “very easy” monetary conditi...
Issues such as narrow sector issuance, currency issues and credit quality are starting to be addressed to allow the asset class to play a good role in portfolios, accordi...
The banking industry’s low risk business model and balance sheet strength remain largely underestimated by the markets, according to Western Asset. ...
According to Western Asset’s base case scenario outlook, investors should expect longer, U-shaped global economic recovery....
Although emerging markets offer unique exposure to both COVID-19 and the oil price crash, Western Asset sees value in the higher quality part of the market....
Franklin Templeton is to acquire Legg Mason in an all-cash deal for US$4.5 billion ($6.7 billion) to create a combined US $1.5 trillion asset manager....
Legg Mason has announced that its Western Asset Australian Bond Fund has passed $1 billion in funds under management....
Zenith Investment Partners has granted either ‘highly recommended’ and ‘recommended’ ratings to four of Legg Mason’s global fixed income funds....
Lonsec has awarded its highest rating to the BetaShares Legg Mason Australian Bond Fund which was launched in November last year....
Legg Mason and BetaShares have together launched their third active exchange traded fund, and Australia’s first fixed income active ETF....
Two Legg Mason global funds have been added to investment platform, Macquarie Wrap....
The robust economy has continued to underpin Australian credit markets, which means there is no imminent threat to the current credit cycle, according to Western Asset....
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...
increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...