Hastings is bullish on debt, infrastructure

The executive director of alternative debt at $6.7 billion Hastings Funds Management expects the Australian debt market to no longer be the purview of the country’s banks. Steve Rankine reckons the local bond market will open up to a broader investor base. He says higher equity levels demanded by the Bank of International Settlements will … Read more

ASX to liberalise equity option trading from April

ASX Group will allow investors to trade equity options for any date from April 30. “Investment managers can trade an equity option with any expiry date and electable strike price,” says David Stocken, senior manager for institutional sales at the ASX. “There are no International Swaps and Derivatives Association requirements.” About 25 per cent of … Read more

UBS Asset Management’s Curt Custard is unhappy

Curt Custard, head of global investment solutions at UBS Global Asset Management, is “very, very disappointed” with his investment banking colleagues. Perhaps even a little mad. But he displays similar sentiments toward US Republican presidential candidates, politicians in general, Europe and John Maynard Keynes. At UBS asset management “nobody is as frustrated as ourselves as … Read more

Citigroup hires Kevin Degabriele from JPMorgan

Citigroup Inc. has hired Kevin Degabriele from JPMorgan Chase & Co. to bolster its custody business, the fifth-biggest in Australia. Degabriele will join New York-based Citigroup as senior manager, client relationships and sales. He will report directly to Martin Carpenter, managing director of securities and fund services, global transactions services in Australia. “Kevin is very … Read more

Superannuation funds may use FTSE carbon index

Two Australian superannuation funds have been speaking with the FTSE Group for a year about using their new indices that aim to reduce the investment risk associated with climate change. FTSE, wholly owned by the London Stock Exchange, will not disclose which Australian funds they have been speaking with. But they are “two quite different … Read more

Superannuation funds may use FTSE carbon index

Two Australian superannuation funds have been speaking with the FTSE Group for a year about using their new indices that aim to reduce the investment risk associated with climate change. FTSE, wholly owned by the London Stock Exchange, will not disclose which Australian funds they have been speaking with. But they are “two quite different … Read more

Ian Harding: income paramount in Australian equities

Watch part seven of an Investment Magazine roundtable held on the sidelines of the Markets Summit on 14 February 2011. Editor Simon Mumme speaks with asset class specialists from funds management companies in Australia and Asia: Victor Rodriguez, head of Australian fixed income, Aberdeen Asset Management : Victor Rodrigues on the Greek Debt crisis Victor Rodriguez talks Australian … Read more

Victor Rodriguez talks Australian covered bonds

Watch part five of an Investment Magazine roundtable held on the sidelines of the Markets Summit on 14 February 2011. Editor Simon Mumme speaks with asset class specialists from funds management companies in Australia and Asia: Victor Rodriguez, head of Australian fixed income, Aberdeen Asset Management : Victor Rodrigues on the Greek Debt crisis Victor Rodriguez talks Australian … Read more

Andrew Parsons says REITs rebound with US economic recovery

Watch the eight and final part of an Investment Magazine roundtable held on the sidelines of the Markets Summit on 14 February 2011. Editor Simon Mumme speaks with asset class specialists from funds management companies in Australia and Asia: Victor Rodriguez, head of Australian fixed income, Aberdeen Asset Management : Victor Rodrigues on the Greek Debt crisis Victor … Read more